There's something about looking at society's expectation of what [motherhood] is and tipping it. Kathryn Hahn More Quotes by Kathryn Hahn More Quotes From Kathryn Hahn I feel grateful that the person I end up working with a lot is Paul Rudd. He's a prince among men, and so talented, and generous, and effortless. Kathryn Hahn grateful ends men The Brazilian bikini wax is torture. To show a little appreciation, you could trim your nose hair. And your nut sack. Kathryn Hahn nuts hair appreciation I have two young kids. So my VCR, like, you kind of have to sift through a lot of, like, 'Animal Mechanicals,' 'Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.' Kathryn Hahn animal two kids I've had chapters in my work life that have kind of coincided with the place I am in mine. I had the best-friend phase, and the pregnant-woman phase - for a while, I was pregnant in every movie. Kathryn Hahn chapters phases kind There's such a crazy social expectation now that we put on ourselves and on each other about what motherhood is supposed to look and feel like. And it's impossible to live up to those standards. You're setting yourself up for failure at every possible turn. Kathryn Hahn motherhood crazy expectations I have two kids, and when my oldest was first born, it was the most vulnerable feeling in the world. I remember taking him to his first doctor's appointment, and on the sheet, it said "mother," and I put my mom's name. I was like, "Oh, right, I ... I'm the mother!" You just feel so vulnerable. Kathryn Hahn mom mother kids I feel like I've been able to be my true self and discover what I can honestly bring to the table by working with other women. Kathryn Hahn working-with-others tables self It's okay to be two things at once and a paradox. Everybody is. As humans for survival we like to label things in a split second. It is how we don't implode from anxiety. Kathryn Hahn paradox anxiety survival You find your tribe and you stick with them. Kathryn Hahn tribes sticks Everything you think you're supposed to feel even, or do. When it doesn't match up with what everything that the culture is telling you to do, you feel like a failure. Kathryn Hahn feels culture thinking There are some days where, at the end of the day, you've done OK. It's the most out-of-control feeling you possibly can have. Kathryn Hahn the-end-of-the-day done feelings I'm perfect. We're all perfect. Kathryn Hahn perfect People want to give advice but can't take it themselves. Kathryn Hahn advice giving people There are generations of women who left the workforce to be moms, and their kids grow up, and they think, "Well, what now?" Kathryn Hahn growing-up mom kids I'm very tactile. I'm a big hugger, one of those huggy people. Kathryn Hahn tactile bigs people Taking on an iconic character is difficult, sure, people associate different actors with a character that you're playing, but there's something in rehearsing and developing a new character. Kathryn Hahn different character people Did I think I'd ever be in television shows that people would see or movies? No. But I knew that I was going to be an actor. Kathryn Hahn actors people thinking I got a liberal arts education just because I felt like I should to keep my parents happy, but it was for them. If it was up to me, I would've just moved to New York. Kathryn Hahn parent new-york art You can probably ask my husband, and he might tell you differently, but I feel very much like I'm kind of cautious in my real life. Kathryn Hahn husband real might It's so fun to play something that feels reckless - not all the time, but I really must be acting out something that I can't do in real life. Kathryn Hahn real play fun
