Keri Russell Quotes

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

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

Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time.

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

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.

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

There's no shortage of female role models. They're everywhere - in history, in literature, in the news. Just look around.

I love doing laundry! It's so satisfying. I love the way it smells. I love doing the sheets.

I know not every mom is a secret KGB spy, but every mom has this whole other life. Every dad and every person has this whole other life.

Growing up, I would say Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew were definite role models for me. Historically, I know Amelia Earhart stands out for me.

Acting happened to me. If I had pursued it, I think it would have been like someone going to a bar, desperately looking for love and not finding anyone.

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.

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

I wish I had an invisible plane to take me home to Brooklyn, and I wouldn't have to ride the subway.

I don't think I ate a green vegetable until I was 30. I didn't grow up with a mom who enforced that at all.

Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared.

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.

Everyone should dance more. Everyone should walk more.

Maybe I’m old, but to me, ‘going out’ means going out to dinner. It’s about the conversation: someone recognizing your intellect, the charm of flirting, and really speaking to somebody.

I am crazy for dessert. I eat everything. No one should be denied anything... just don't eat the whole thing.

People expect all women to react the same to pregnancy. But anyone who's been around pregnant women knows that it's not all cutesy and sweet. You spaz out and you're angry and you have tantrums.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

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.

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.

I would not let my children act when they are young!

I stayed really physical during my pregnancy. I stuck to my normal pre-pregnancy workout, minus the stomach exercises and twisting. I really felt it helped my whole well-being.

I don't have time for any special skin routines. Many a night I go to bed with the gloppy mascara and all.

I am literally the worst person at keeping secrets. I'd be the worst spy of all time.

You don't get to be the bad mom and still succeed at your job and be tough. It's such a good job because it's so rare. It's a really rare job.

I just thought that Adrienne [Shelly] wrote a great character [for Waitress]. It really was all on the page.

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

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.

Dance is definitely what I love doing much more than anything else.

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 like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and cook dinners. And, for me, that balance is what makes it nice.

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

I do think it [the Waitress] speaks in a positive way for women and it was surprising for me to see it for the first time as a movie all put together with music. I really liked it a lot.

Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

I can make cookies and do easy stuff. Pies are very specific and hard to do well though.

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

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

I personally adore origin stories - they're so intriguing, learning what shaped and formed a character.

I wouldn't say that my experience making it [the Waitress] was necessarily uplifting, but watching it with an audience, I was surprised at how hopeful it was at the end.

The kind of hero worship you have, when a parent is lost early and you don't know all their faults and misgivings, is a very strong influence.

I think the good stories are those where the character decides to break away and do something different.

Eating a cookie never feels strange. I am a big believer in food in general.

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 think the first time I realized I was actually acting was during Felicity. Before that, I was just going along for the ride.

I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know what I was doing.