You can choose to be civil or not be civil. What is the point of going through the day and think it’s cool to wear your honesty on your sleeve at the expense of everyone around you?
My mom is a hard worker. She puts her head down and she gets it done. And she finds a way to have fun. She always says, ‘Happiness is your own responsibility.’ That’s probably what I quote from her and live by the most.
I have this internal battle between, I need to work, I need to work, I need to work and I need to be home with my kids. And the kids win.
I’m privileged, because I have a lot of freedom. I want to use it to make as warm and normal a life as I can for our daughters.
I think that it’s not as crazily different, my job, from anyone else’s, as people let themselves believe. I think people get wrapped up in their own idea of what it is, but it’s really not that.
You can do a lot with Scotch tape. Almost anything! I love that you can hem a dress, and its an instant remedy in a fashion crises.
You know how as a kid you picture yourself with a tall, handsome husband, and you imagine him cuddling your baby? Ben is like that, like, on crack.
My world was a community ballet school, a marching band, my two sisters and my girlfriends. I played saxophone in the band and was a bit nerdy.
I’m still really close with everyone at home and their parents – and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don’t take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.
We all have a responsibility to volunteer somewhere and I’m lucky that I get the education and get taken to places to see what’s out there and see what’s happening and to then be a part of it in hopefully an impactful way.
No matter what, it is very tricky and difficult just to be a good parent at all. I have a lot of help. And for that I’m very grateful.
I wasn’t a woman who stayed tiny like I thought I would. I definitely gave myself the freedom to eat what I wanted.
I was a ballet dancer and that kind of bled into musical theater. I was constantly in rehearsal for one thing or another.
I try to eat in a way that makes me feel good. If that means a little bite of chocolate I do that, but I try not to use food as a reward for myself.
I never had a problem resisting somebody that I knew was going to break my heart.
Women should take care of each other, not tear each other down.
I love being physical and acting at the same time.
I just try work out at least twice a week if I can.
I hoped, hoped, that maybe I’d be lucky enough to do something on Broadway, in the chorus.
I have always been drawn to child-related causes. I find that people listen to me more when I advocate for children now that I have my own.
I love the feeling of being on a team, rehearsing together, sharing a dressing room – I love that so much.