I think people like to be thrilled and excited. And a scary movie is a safe way to do that because you're not actually doing it. It's entertainment. ….

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 wa….

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

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

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 hopefu….

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

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..

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..

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 anyo….

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 ….

Freddie [Highmore] is great in the movie [August Rush]. It comes out this Fall and I play a young cellist, a prodigy, who is touring and doing concer….

Voiceover work definitely requires it's own specific muscle. And because you're not seeing what you're recording, and all these things are going on, ….

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

I was more intrigued by the relationship [in Felicity]; the idea of these two teenagers who were placed together. What would that be like, and what w….

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

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

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

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'm kind of a scaredy cat - I don't watch a ton of them. I mean, I started reaching this script at night and had to wait until the next morning to fi….

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.….

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