Quotes from Keri Russell

I think love is a great catalyst for many characters to further the story or their own growth.

I love Cheryl [Hines] so much and had so much fun with her. Off set we got on so well and would tell stories.

I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.'

I was a huge fan of 'Arrested Development,' and there's just something it tickles in me and it's bright and it's hilarious.

I would splurge on a great pair of high heels, because you can wear them to something fancy, but regular clothes? I'd rather go on a trip than spend $10,000 on clothes, and fly first class as a treat.

We all have some version of a fantasy that's easy to escape to, and we all want a real relationship where there's a common give-and-take and you're seen for who you are, and appreciated for that.

Sometimes you don't want the truth. Sometimes you're like, "Oh just tell me the good answer. I don't want the truth."

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.

It's sad when girls think they don't have anything going on except being pretty.

People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

When I was on the 'Mickey Mouse Club,' there was Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and Ryan Gosling and Christine Aguilera. But they were 12 and I was 17, so there was a bit of an age difference.

Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

I don't think, as a 15-year-old, you're that conscious about a lifetime career. I didn't think: "I'm a serious actor." I never studied acting or anything when I was that age.

I'm naturally thin, so I don't have to work too hard at it. I love food, but I also love to work out. I think it makes everything work better.

Naps are the key to relieving stress. When you are working on two hours of sleep, the fact that cheese comes on something when you ordered it with no cheese is enough to send you crying under the covers for an hour.

Acting is a strange profession, and, yes, sometimes I struggle with its worth, its value in the world.

I tend to come home and eat a bowl of cereal. I'm not thinking about baking a pie when I'm off work.

When you are 16 you are supposed to be doing cool things, like sneaking alcohol, not living in Disney World and doing skits about mice.

That's interesting to hear you say that because watching it [the Waitress] for the first time at Sundance was fascinating - it was so different from the experience of making it.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.