People - not just in their teenage years - hold on to this fantasy of love when they're not ready to have a real relationship.

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

You don't get to be the bad mom and still succeed at your job and be tough. It's such a good job because it's so rare. It's a really rare job.

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.

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 would it be like to watch that unravel. Living together, and having babies with somebody, missing out on your whole childhood, and then spending all these years with someone. I was more intrigued by that.

That's interesting to hear you say that because watching it [the Waitress] for the first time at Sundance was fascinating - it was so different from the experience of making it.

I love Cheryl [Hines] so much and had so much fun with her. Off set we got on so well and would tell stories.