"I've always wanted to have kids, but I'm glad I didn't until now. When I was thinking about working and being a mother originally, I was really nervous about it.
"I think I would make a lousy stay-at-home mom. It just wouldn't suit me. I feel so fortunate, in that I've had this arrow-straight focus that I wanted to act," she said.
Danes has been married to actor Hugh Dancy, 37, since 2009, reported Showbizspy.
"Hugh was just the right partner for me. I got very, very lucky. There's only so much credit you can take when it just sort of works, you know? And obviously we work hard at maintaining our relationship