Jenna Fischer

“I didn't want to go to college. I wanted to move to Los Angeles right out of high school.”

“I still get nervous when I have a lot of makeup on, a big hairdo, and a dress.”

“Well, I knew I wanted to be an actor, and I didn't necessarily need or want to be famous or a celebrity actor.”

“I know so many amazing actors who don't get work... and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.”

“I'm a believer in the parent first, friend second philosophy, and trying to find that balance.”

“I went to a little liberal-arts college in Missouri called Truman State University.”

“When I'm writing my blog, I think of myself at 13 years old, back in St. Louis, daydreaming about Hollywood.”

“I've had Susan Sarandon play my mom, and now Lesley Ann Warren has played my mom, so if I could have Debra Winger play my mom, then I would have the trifecta of my favorite actresses playing my mother.”

“Tilda Swinton is a great example of a person who completely disappears into a role.”

“I loved the domesticity of my life as a struggling actor. When I wasn't going to auditions, I could do things like cook dishes from scratch and take them to parties or be really thoughtful about birthdays and anniversaries.”

“I also love horror movies; I like me a big Peter Berg action movie. I'm a movie lover in general.”

“Yeah, you know I don't ever see myself doing a super-gritty, hard-core drama.”

“Well, now that I have a baby, I'm that person who's looking for all the parks. I'm also the person who lost their coat because I was juggling so many items. So I'm that person: I lost my coat, I lost my scarf, and it's cold now.”

“I'm not one to air my dirty laundry for the whole world.”

“I get really excited about jewelry.”

“I'm a very thoughtful, forward-thinking, planner kind of person. I love Excel spreadsheets and five-year-plans, and I love to review every year how my New Year's resolutions went.”

“I spent my whole adolescence, when you just want to be accepted, looking much younger than everyone else.”

“The Farrelly brothers make movies the way you imagine a movie set would be when you're a kid - fun all the time.”

“You never go into a marriage expecting to get divorced. You go into a marriage expecting it's going to last forever, and you have a lot of ways you dream about the future. You have all these expectations, and then you have to adjust those expectations, and it can be a very unnerving, confusing time.”

“Even in college I tended to get cast in the comedies more. It was what I liked doing.”