Patricia Arquette Quotes

I don't think children have competed with my career, they have clarified it. My children ground me. They make me honest.

My parents showed me by example that they could balance their work and family lives.

I have a tight family group that's really important to me. I don't want to work all the time.

I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.

I only do two things in my life, and that's take care of my kids and work. Fortunately, these are my favorite things to do, so it works out.

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I have two children. I gave up a lot for my career, but I'm very happy for it. I've done what I've always thought was best for me and my family.

I think the main thing that I've learned while working on 'Let's Stay Together' is how to balance mommyhood and working.

In interviews I gave early on in my career, I was quoted as saying it was possible to have it all: a dynamic job, marriage, and children. In some respects, I was a social adolescent.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

My dad's an ex-policeman, and my mum is a sales representative, and they haven't got the acting bug. Bless them.

I have a full and satisfying life. My work and my family are very important to me.

TaskRabbit is really my first baby. So balancing the second child is something I've tackled, but I'm really passionate about what I do, and then I'm passionate about coming home and putting my baby to bed.

I'm very lucky because I don't half get some juicy jobs. But I can't tell you the number I've turned down in the past 20 years because I wanted to be at home, looking after my son. There was never any question about that. Alfie and I are dead close. I can't bear it when he's away.

My family is my career.

Career is important, but nothing really supersedes my roles as a mother.

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.

My family means everything to me and the birth of our daughter has enabled me to have more focus on my career and every time I compete, I dedicate my success to them.

Having the option to be able to have a career and feel good about yourself as an individual and still be a great mother is definitely a possibility.

'Wings' offered me the rare opportunity to be a full-time dad and a working actor for eight years.

I just try to go to work, and concentrate on coming home to my girls.

I always wanted to have a really successful career, but I always wanted to be a mom, too.

I adore my family; they are my joy. However, I am committed to my work. If, on a Saturday morning when I was ostensibly going to be with the children, and something arose at RADA or at UNICEF or at the orphanage or whatever, I would allow the other pressures to take precedent.

I was one of these people, especially early in my career, who balanced the equation too much in favor of my job; I spent most of my life focusing on that. But becoming a dad gave me back perspective; it brought balance into my life.

I want to work, but the balance to find between working and being a mom is challenging.