Scott Ellis Quotes

My process has changed in recent years because I now have two young kids. I have to be more regimented. The days are very short.

When you have two busy kids running around the house, returning e-mails is a task, let alone surfing the web.

It's always 'busy' with four children; it's chaos.

I am a mother, so I'm used to balancing things.

Nothing comes before my children. I find that putting everything else in order of importance also helps to get everything done.

As soon as you have two small children, they take up a lot of time and energy.

It's just easy to be a mother and an actress in the same time: you just have to have a good organization, and everything is just fine.

I seem to have a one-track mind. When I was having babies, I did nothing else. When I do pictures, I go all out. I really think it is easier to manage my seven. You can't afford to humor each one of them. They have to learn to do things when they are told.

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently.

One has to divide attention between having kids and a full workload.

You know, I have seven children, so I guess I know some things about life.

Back in the day, years ago, in 1988, the only TV I watched was 'Doctor Who' because I had children and two full-time jobs, and 'Doctor Who' was the exact length of time it took to do my nails, so I would watch 'Doctor Who' once a week!

Half of the time, I'm walking around a construction site, then I'm transitioning into the evening, having drinks with the girlfriends or meeting with my husband and then racing back home to put the kids to bed. I have less time, so I'm a much more efficient decision maker.

Having two kids is like having 1000. It's just scheduling, moving around, being mobile.

I will say I highly recommend, if you want to write a book also, have a child in the midst of that process because it will really force you to organize your time.

The minute I had him, my son, I realized that I had to just time-manage in a way that I never had to before.

There are lot of tournaments and it's hard when you have a young family.

Being a mother has absolutely forced me. You have to write things down and have systems for all of it. And then you set up systems and you realize they don't work.

Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.

I always think that women are the chaos managers of life.

We're a very active family, and I like everything in its place. I'm all about designing every little space. It will help me in the business of being a mom. Every single day is so crazy with my work that I just need to be able to come home and do that business as efficiently as I try to do my professional work.

I don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older.

I'm at the gym at 6, so I'm usually in my office by 7:15. And I try to not schedule a lot of meetings before 8. So I've got that first hour to get myself organized for the day and to make sure that I've structured what I want to do.

My household is, in a nice way, very busy.

You know what it's like having five kids? Imagine you're drowning. And someone hands you a baby.