Jennifer Garner rarely speaks about the private, but when she does, she does it without a mask. The actress opened up about the weight of motherhood and co-parenting three children with Ben Affleck, after the 2015 divorce.

The couple has three children - Violet (20), Fin (17) and Samuel (14) - and Garner does not pretend there is some formula. „There is no balance. There is no doing it right," she says directly. For a woman who has been held up for years as an example of calm post-divorce parenting, that is a surprisingly honest sentence.

Instead of guilt, she has chosen a different approach. „When I work, I don't apologize to the children for it. I thank them for being so sweet about it. But that is part of life. Hard work is part of life," the actress says. A message every working mother in the Balkans could sign.

Garner does not sugar-coat the nature of her profession either. „This job is very selfish. Everything revolves around your schedule. It doesn't revolve around what the children have at school." It is rare for a public figure to admit that a career has a price - instead of selling it as a perfect balance.

Still, she does not speak with bitterness. „I feel happy because I approach acting from a place of joy. It is not something that torments me. I am not trying to fill a void. I simply want to do it." Maybe that is exactly the difference - not pretending it is easy, but admitting why it is worth it.