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Actress Keri Russell feels she is living the best of both worlds, splitting her time between the glam life of a Hollywood starlet and the grounded life of a Brooklyn housewife. The allure of the latter often overrides that of the former, however. To that end, Keri asks, “My house is so great, why would I leave?”
Ultimately, she says, the “variety” of opportunities presented by her professional life “keeps things balanced” with her private life. She adds,
“It is a luxury to stay at home and be a mom and cook dinner and do laundry and all that stuff. And it’s certainly wonderful to come to a hotel room, sans child, and go to parties. So I feel like I have a nice version of both.”
That she would take such delight in domestic life caught Keri, 33, somewhat off-guard. “It’s so nice to have a home and a family, and that’s really what I feel like I have now,” she confesses. “That’s the most surprising thing about having a family — just the stability of literally having a house, not an apartment with mattresses on the floor.”
Making it all possible, of course, are husband Shane Deary and the couple’s son River, 2 ½, and Keri gives credit where credit is due.
“Because acting is such a nomadic lifestyle — to have a home, there’s nothing like children to ground you.”
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