Sophie Gregoire Trudeau Quotes

At 23 it was all about acting. Today it's getting my kids to school, making sure that they've done their homework. I'm in my fifties, and I'm turning into a square.

Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.

Being married is one thing, but having kids will completely change you. I still go out and hang with my buddies, but having two daughters will completely change your perspective on the world.

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.

Fatherhood has changed me and my perspective towards life.

When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.

And in that time, I lost my dad and had kids of my own. It was like, OK, I get it now. I know what fatherhood is all about. And you look at your parents differently.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

Having kids makes you think about the world differently.

I thought I was grounded. I thought from my kinda blue-collar outlook on life that I would call myself a grounded person. I was not. I was like a balloon flying around in the air. And as soon as our first child was born, boom - my feet came right down to the ground.

Before, I would spend all my hours at training, come home, sleep, eat, watch football, sleep, and go back to training the next day. Now I do the school run, train, pick up my daughter. I am living in the real world. I am a father now. That has given me more satisfaction than football.

I've got a family now, which matures you.

A bit of perspective and life experience isn't a bad thing.

I have a daughter, she's twenty years old.

Feels good to try, but playing a father, I'm getting a little older. I see now that I'm taking it more serious and I do want that lifestyle.

I can't sing but I can understand wanting to keep a balance, trying to pursue dreams, while creating a stable environment for my children.

I've got kids now and they will constantly pull you into the here and now - they are very present and very vivid.

I want to be a young dad. By 25 or 26 I want to see myself, like, married or start looking for a family.

I thought film was more important than life itself for many years. But I was naive to the world until my first child was born in 1985.

Being a late bloomer, I really didn't have any interest in children until my late 30s, but I'm so happy I didn't go through life without that experience.

Having children really changes your priorities.

And I think in your 40s, you land a little bit, physically and mentally, you arrive at a place where you feel you've learned some stuff. Having children at that point meant I had something very useful to do for the next 20 years.

Having kids has been a turning point in my life because when I was still single, all I wanted was to impress beautiful girls.

Watching children grow up, you learn a lot about life and about being a better person - you learn a lot about what's really important in the world and what isn't.

Does having a wife and kids change your act? Yes, but only in the best way. It gives you weight and authority. It also makes you closer to the audience because the audience is married and has kids.