Keri Russell Quotes

Maybe I’m old, but to me, ‘going out’ means going out to dinner. It’s about the conversation: someone recognizing your intellect, the charm of flirting, and really speaking to somebody.

I feel better in my mind when I work out. It makes everything better.

Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

I can make cookies and do easy stuff. Pies are very specific and hard to do well though.

I think the first time I realized I was actually acting was during Felicity. Before that, I was just going along for the ride.

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

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

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

I was a huge fan of 'Arrested Development,' and there's just something it tickles in me and it's bright and it's hilarious.

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

I'm kind of a scaredy cat - I don't watch a ton of them. I mean, I started reaching this script at night and had to wait until the next morning to finish it so it would be light out. It really scared me. The scary movies I like are The Others and Pan's Labyrinth - they're so scary but they're about real things, and hopefully this is too.

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

I just thought that Adrienne [Shelly] wrote a great character [for Waitress]. It really was all on the page.

It's definitely a unique situation that we're in. And, yeah, it is difficult not having our ringleader here with us to talk about the film [the Waitress], not having our main person here. People are also asking in relation to the film: what would Adrienne [ Shelly] say about this or that? But I don't know. I don't know what she would say.

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