Jennifer Connelly Quotes

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

Nature gives you the face you have at twenty; it is up to you to merit the face you have at fifty.

I've changed for the better. I'm much more selfless and humble and you're reminded about what life's really about. You love your kid so much that you just want to be a brilliant role model for them. It cleans up your act a bit.

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

Children change you. They really do.

You have to take responsibility for how you act. You can't fix everyone.

In order to be responsible, you need some discipline in your life.

Being a father helps me be more responsible... you see more things than you've ever seen.

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.

I could get away with not taking care of myself as a bachelorette but as a mom I can't.

Being a mum changed me for the better.

After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

We think of the Marine Corps as a military outfit, and of course it is, but for me, the U.S. Marine Corps was a four-year crash course in character education. It taught me how to make a bed, how to do laundry, how to wake up early, how to manage my finances. These are things my community didn't teach me.

You just become more mature as a human being, having a child. The stakes are a lot higher, things are different. It teaches you to be patient and it's changed me a lot.

Parenthood has made me more cautious.

When you're younger, you're trying to understand and make sense of what your parents are trying to instill in you, which is ultimately life experience. I remember being 17 and my dad trying to teach me the importance of responsibility.

No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.

Motherhood made me a better person.

Before I had my babies, I would tend to be self-absorbed, and worry about little things, but now I am a changed person.

I think when you grow up - and this is a simple thing that I've said numerous times - you should think and act like one.

I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that am sorry.

Maturity begins on the day we accept responsibility for our own actions.

If I was single and did not have kids, I wonder whether if I would try as hard to be patient, to mind how I react to situations. Not saying people who do not have children don't, but in my life and how I fight against doing the things that have positive impact in my life...I think I would find it easier not to practice the principles did I not have children.

I feel more productive, mostly because I feel like my ass is on the line. Before I had kids, I would sit around, drink, I don't even know what I did with myself.