Sarah Wayne Callies Quotes

I think while all mothers deal with feelings of guilt, working mothers are plagued by guilt on steroids!

The topic of working moms is a tap-dance recital in a minefield.

I'm like any working mom.

I've shared the fate of many working mothers; I felt guilty like them.

I think most women these days can understand me juggling a career with being a mom because most of us do. I think I'm luckier than most because most women work nine to five and don't see their kids. I work six months a year or eight months a year.

I adore going to movie sets and being part of a team trying to create something. And yet, I hate to miss even one bedtime with my girls. . . My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult--especially that question of how you find a balance.

I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

'Workin' Moms,' obviously, is about mothers who also work. But we're also expected to remain graceful when we return to work, and that's just impossible.

Like most working moms, my life is a constant juggling act.

I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it's not like being on set.

Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.

I work too much to be an appropriate parent. I feel like a bad mom to my dog some days because I'm just not here enough. I just feel like I would do a bad job if I took the time to literally give birth to a kid right now and try and juggle everything I'm doing.

Working mothers' laughter comes hardest when our double life is revealed for what it is: a juggling act in which the balls can drop at any time, invariably on our own head.

I've learned that every working mom is a superwoman.

As a mom, you're so panicked and starved for time, you just need help.

A baby comes with such responsibility. Once you become a mother, you always have a guilt trip. You always try to do the best, but you feel you can always be better.

I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.

The phrase 'working mum' makes me nervous.

A couple of female standup comics I know refer to their kids as their Little Career Killers. I was like, I really do not want to feel that way.

When I'm at work, I want to be with my daughter, and when I'm with my daughter, I probably should be working, and it just is what it is.

I have so much admiration for women who are mothers, who balance family and work. I see them and I have this word in my head - respect. I also look to learn. I see these women and I think, 'Yes, it can be balanced, it can all work out.'

It is a very important matter, as a woman, to juggle everything... Your professional life, family, children etc.

As more women have gone into the workforce, they find it harder to be a good mother and a good worker. When I go into the office, I always feel guilty. I'm thinking about the children. When I'm at home, I'm thinking about my work. So you're always under tremendous pressure. Women feel very stressed. They feel like they're working harder and harder and harder. And society is not really helping them.

Like every working mother, there's guilt involved in deciding how you're going to balance family and work.