I love the complication of the kids in the characters' lives. I love that these two people are very capable in all these ways. They're so trained. They're kind of deadly. They're smart and vicious at times, but I love that they're undone by a teenager, like we all are. We're all incensed and undone by the ungratefulness of a child, and I love that it matters so greatly to them, in a way that it matters to every parent. Teenagers are going to do that no matter where you live or who you are.

I like getting to be in the adult world a little bit and then getting to be in the mom world and cook dinners. And, for me, that balance is what makes it nice.

I think it's quite common and realistic. There are many stories like this [in Waitress]. [Jenna, my character] marriage looks really horrible up on the screen but I think there are a lot of people in bad relationships who wake up and think to themselves: "Wow, how did I end up here? Why am I still here and so unhappy and not satisfied with my life?"

I am positive I was not a neglected child. I remember reading 'The Jungle Book' and 'The Sleeping Beauty.

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.

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

You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you.