Keri Russell

“Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in.”

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

“While 'Felicity' was successful in the States, and I had opportunities to do other stuff, I didn't want to do anything to make myself more famous. I wasn't dealing well with the celebrity of all of that. I was 23 - just a kid - and not coming from money, it was all just too much. I just wanted to slow it down a little bit, and gain control.”

“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.”

“I want to be able to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr about it at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own, which I did for a while. I've hired a babysitter before, but as for a full-time caregiver... for a control freak like me, it ain't gonna happen!”

“People still take it really personally. They come up to me at breakfast places like, 'When are you growing your hair back?'”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

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

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