My mother is a big believer in being responsible for your own happiness. She always talked about finding joy in small moments and insisted that we stop and take in the beauty of an ordinary day. When I stop the car to make my kids really see a sunset, I hear my mother’s voice and smile.

In my teens, I was never part of the cool crowd.

I want my girls to love math. I want them to think that being a scientist is the coolest possible job on the planet. I want them to not be afraid to lean toward their femininity.

I think that baseball games are like soap operas. If you watch five in a row, you know enough to get hooked.

The outside world can be very tough.

Growing up where I did, the thought of working on a television show or in a movie... that existed on a parallel plane, you know?

I'm privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.