Jennifer Connelly Quotes

I think my mother characters have changed a lot since Sasha was born, just because I understand what a hard job it is now, and I'm coming at it from another angle - like you just love and care about this person so much, and just want to protect them from everything.

When I had my daughter, my priorities shifted. Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed and surrounded by people that are self-absorbed.

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.

I'm a mother with two small children, so I don't take as much crap as I used to.

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.

Work all paled into the background as soon as I had a baby.

Becoming a mother was the single defining event of my life. It felt like the whole world shifted.

Eventually, I'll go back to acting, but for right now, my children are the most important thing in the world to me.

It's the best thing ever - I love being a mom. This is my only child. My career was a priority earlier in my life, but now my son is definitely the priority.

Being a mother changes perspective. Things that were once really important, the sole focus of your life, aren't the same.

I thought I might not want to act any more after having a baby. It turns out I still enjoy it.

I felt like I really came into my own when I became a mom. My entire world changed.

After I had my baby, I reprioritized my life in general. I really wanted to play characters that gave me a different kind of fulfillment. That is a difficult thing to find, especially as an actress.

My baby is obviously more important than anything else.

Being a mother impacts every aspect of your life. It's a rite of passage which gives you an entirely different outlook on things.

I have found clarity in my head and heart from being a mum.

Motherhood made me a better person.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

Being a mum is the best thing that has ever been given to me in my life.

There's no doubt that becoming a mother was the greatest thing I'll ever do.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

It's just kind of empowering when you become a mother. You just get overwhelmed with this new confidence and you feel really in control of your life. It's been beautiful.

My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.

My mother is an amazing woman. Not only did she manage the entire household, she noticed a gift in each of her kids and instilled confidence in all of us that that gift would take us wherever we wanted to go.

My singing is really important to me, but when children come along they'll be my main focus. I'd never put my career in front of my babies - it'd be a case of fitting jobs around them.