I don't think I ate a green vegetable until I was 30. I didn't grow up with a mom who enforced that at all. Keri Russell More Quotes by Keri Russell More Quotes From Keri Russell While 'Felicity' was successful in the States, and I had opportunities to do other stuff, I didn't want to do anything to make myself more famous. I wasn't dealing well with the celebrity of all of that. I was 23 - just a kid - and not coming from money, it was all just too much. I just wanted to slow it down a little bit, and gain control. Keri Russell successful opportunity kids Everyone should dance more. Everyone should walk more. Keri Russell walks should Who knows? Maybe years from now I'll be on a ranch in Colorado with 10 kids. The whole point of life is to experience a little bit of everything, and I think it's better when there are a few surprises thrown in. Keri Russell kids years thinking We shot the movie [Waitress] in 20 days so there wasn't a lot of time to learn. There wasn't a lot of pie baking going on, at least not by me. But we always had pies while we were filming - we ate two different pies every day for lunch! Keri Russell pie lunch two Dance has helped me with everything. It was a great foundation for discipline, hard work and, unfortunately, the ever-elusive idea of perfection. It lends itself easily to fight choreography, because that's what it really is. Choreography. And knowing how to move with someone. Keri Russell hard-work fighting moving Personally, I'm a real wimp with scary movies. I get so scared. Keri Russell wimps scary real I love Cheryl [Hines] so much and had so much fun with her. Off set we got on so well and would tell stories. Keri Russell wells stories fun [Andy Griffith] is so great. He's just a dream. He's a beautiful man and so professional. I think he had more to say, script-wise, than anyone else, and when you're older it's not easy to memorize lines. Keri Russell wise dream beautiful I can make cookies and do easy stuff. Pies are very specific and hard to do well though. Keri Russell cookies pie stuff I tend to come home and eat a bowl of cereal. I'm not thinking about baking a pie when I'm off work. Keri Russell cereal home thinking 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?" Keri Russell bad-relationship character thinking I do think it [the Waitress] speaks in a positive way for women and it was surprising for me to see it for the first time as a movie all put together with music. I really liked it a lot. Keri Russell together way thinking 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. Keri Russell sweet pregnancy people I think people like to be thrilled and excited. And a scary movie is a safe way to do that because you're not actually doing it. It's entertainment. You know that you're in the confines of this two-hour space of safety in the movie house. Keri Russell space two thinking Naps are the key to relieving stress. When you are working on two hours of sleep, the fact that cheese comes on something when you ordered it with no cheese is enough to send you crying under the covers for an hour. Keri Russell stress keys sleep 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. Keri Russell unique asking people You instantly become less selfish. You can't be the biggest person in the world anymore-they are. [Motherhood] really grounds you. Keri Russell mom mother inspiring I want to be able to raise my kid. I was totally being a martyr about it at first, thinking I could totally do it on my own, which I did for a while. I've hired a babysitter before, but as for a full-time caregiver... for a control freak like me, it ain't gonna happen! Keri Russell want kids thinking Yeah, I like being on my own. I do. I tend to be a loner, so I'm okay. I'm not okay when I have to be around everyone all the time. Keri Russell loner okay yeah Freddie [Highmore] is great in the movie [August Rush]. It comes out this Fall and I play a young cellist, a prodigy, who is touring and doing concerts. She's very young and has a one-night fling with an Irish rocker, played Jonathan Rhys Meyers, who is also a really talented musician. Keri Russell august night fall
