Jennifer GarnerJennifer Garner has admitted she’s surprised by how hard it is to be away from her 15 month old daughter with husband Ben Affleck, Violet.

She told Hello magazine recently: “Before I became a mother, I thought the pull from Violet would not be as huge as it is. I thought it would be easier for me to work, that I’d be like, ‘Oh, it’s fine, she’s here, she’s happy.’”

“And that actually isn’t the case. She is fine. I’m the one who is a wreck if I don’t get to be with her!”

She added that as a result, she’s more particular about choosing which projects to work on and new film Catch and Release is an example of her new criteria: “I have to really love something a lot to be willing to not be with my little girl every day.”

“The first time I read [this script], I knew I had to do it. The writing is just so beautiful and playable and real.”