Angelina Jolie Quotes

We think it's fun for our kids to have cameos and join us on set, but not to be actors. That's not our goal for Brad and me at all. I think we would both prefer that they didn't become actors.

My parents are pretty good about keeping me humble. They brought me up good.

My kids haven't watched one episode of 'Growing Pains'. I'll tell you why. When our kids were little, we never wanted Mommy or Daddy to be the celebrity mom or dad to our kids.

For a man, there's a big responsibility that comes with having a boy because men are made by their fathers. If you've got a good productive man around it's better. I have such a close relationship with my dad and that responsibility to produce a good man is something I think about.

You cannot be a famous human being to your children.

But I'll tell you this, it started with my mother. I have to give her. God bless her and rest her soul. I had a good foundation at home, so when I was able to go off and do these things in baseball there was always support.

The William Morris Agency handled me. In that business, you're only as good as your last picture.

I think that good parenting should allow children to be children. That naivety and slightly open way of looking at the world is very valuable.

When I started acting, my parents gave me three rules: I had to stay good in school, stay the kid they always knew I was, and I had to have fun. If I wasn't doing those three things, then I couldn't do acting anymore.

I'd like my son to remember me as a good dad.

I always tried to do things by example, even though I was not a very good mother regarding routines and family life.

My dad was a fabulous role model. I wanted to be just like him.

I enjoy living in L.A. This is where the work is - or at least generated from - because you fly off and do movies. It's sort of a great way to see the world.

My father was an actor, and my mother was his agent, so I had it on both sides: the crazy actor and his representation.

I've said this time and again: My greatest concern coming into the White House was making sure my girls came out whole and normal, and decent and kind, just like I would expect them to if we were living on the South Side of Chicago. And it takes work to keep White House life normal for the kids.

My boys have both said they want to be in the movies or on TV, and anytime I hear that, I say, 'That's wonderful; you're free to do it right after you graduate from college.'

People have to understand how important it is for kids to be nurtured by their mom and dad and get the great role modeling when they are young.

I will only do family-friendly films or television. They don't have to necessarily be Christian films, but I want to be in things that I'm comfortable having my children and husband watch. They come first in my life, not the film industry.

I think my dad is definitely my biggest role model, personally, just in my day-to-day life.

The way I was parented did affect my parenting - probably in the reverse. My dad was pretty strict, and the next generation probably wants to be less strict.

One of the things that I learned at a very young age is the power of a parent's words to their children.

I was pampered by all my father's directors and producers during childhood. But at home, my father made sure I led a normal life.

Great as my dad was - I would never have gotten my first job announcing if I didn't have the last name Buck - it's my mom, Carole, who has made the biggest difference. She was on Broadway back in the 1960s. She understands entertainment, has incredible instincts.

I never asked my children to do something I didn't show them that I could also do.

I had good parents. My mother had morals and standards and she brought us up to be good kids - some of the families around were just laws unto themselves, it was really tribal.