Mayim Bialik

“I don't look like most women in the industry.”

“It used to be that if you were on a sitcom you couldn't get work in film because it was so different. Now it's almost like you have to be on TV to do other film work.”

“I basically look like a lot of modern Orthodox people you know, but I work on a TV show where I sometimes have to kiss Jim Parsons. That's why I don't take on the title of modern Orthodox, but in terms of ideology and theology I pretty much sound like a liberal modern Orthodox person.”

“Publicly I'm a very modest dresser, by Hollywood's standards.”

“I'm generally intimidated by adults.”

“I'm one of those people that thinks the Internet is amazing, and I can't believe it exists.”

“Being a caregiver for your child is part of the job description of being a mammal.”

“I have a life. My kids don't run my house.”

“I'm a pretty quiet person.”

“There's a tremendous amount to be gained from being a performer, and being an artist, and being an actor.”

“It's wonderful to be appreciated for being quirky, and to see Zooey Deschanel and the quirky, indie film types get mainstream play is amazing for women, because women are much more complicated than what we've see on TV in the past.”

“I was always kind of a school person - my parents were teachers, and my grandparents were immigrants, so their big thing was, 'Go to college, go to college, go to college.'”

“Breast-feeding is the natural, optimal way to feed a child.”

“Auditions are hard. You should see what most of the women look like when I audition for things - they look like they should be on the catwalk.”

“I like army boots, I like peasant skirts - sometimes together! So I do know that I have odd taste.”

“Attachment parenting is not a passive parenting style.”

“A lot of stuff I wear I've had since high school.”

“I started acting because I enjoyed school plays.”

“I'm one of those people that makes a better adult than I did a kid.”

“When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.”