I've always done theater. I've never thought of myself as a comedic actress in any way. 'Anchorman' kind of cracked that open. When I got a small part in 'Anchorman,' I didn't know it was possible on camera to improvise. So I was like, 'What's happening?

There's such a crazy social expectation now that we put on ourselves and on each other about what motherhood is supposed to look and feel like. And it's impossible to live up to those standards. You're setting yourself up for failure at every possible turn.

You can probably ask my husband, and he might tell you differently, but I feel very much like I'm kind of cautious in my real life.

I've had chapters in my work life that have kind of coincided with the place I am in mine. I had the best-friend phase, and the pregnant-woman phase - for a while, I was pregnant in every movie.

I have impossible standards.

There's something about looking at society's expectation of what [motherhood] is and tipping it.

I wish when I was 17, somebody had told me not to care so much about what other people had thought.