Cheryl [Hines] and I sat through two screenings at the Sundance Film Festival and during the second one, we said to each other: "You know, we don't have to get sad about this. Let's try to enjoy this. Let's just watch it. It's a happy movie [Waitress]."

People expect all women to react the same to pregnancy. But anyone who's been around pregnant women knows that it's not all cutesy and sweet. You spaz out and you're angry and you have tantrums.

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

I think I'm probably more passionate about acting now than when I was a kid. When I was young, I didn't know what I was doing.

Really, it [the Waitress] was a story about believing in yourself ultimately, and caring enough about yourself to change your life.

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 anyone.

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever.