Is Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik As Smart As Amy In Real Life?

Mayim Bialik was obviously cut out for a career in science. However, she left it behind to focus on another priority in her life. She told Yahoo! Entertainment in 2012, "I'm glad that I completed my PhD and I'm very proud of it, but the life of a research professor would not have suited my needs in terms of what kind of parenting I wanted to do."

Bialik also sat down for a chat on The Wendy Williams Show in 2014 and told the host something similar, explaining, "I had my first son in grad school, he's now eight. I had my second son just after. And I realized very quickly once I had my first son that being a research professor would have me away from him more than I wanted to." 

Adding that while she's someone who believes that women can do it all and can do whatever they want, she simply "couldn't physically be in two places at once." She says it was a choice between being the kind of mother she wants to be or being the kind of research professor she would want to be.

That's why she decided to teach neuroscience instead, which she did for around five years — even teaching with a baby on her chest at times — before heading back to acting to land health insurance and finding fame once again with The Big Bang Theory. Turns out it was a smart move, too, since Bialik is still working in show business even after The Big Bang Theory came to an end.

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