Monica Bellucci Quotes

My priorities are my family and my job. I have little time for much else.

Although I have a busy work schedule, I make sure I spend time with my family and create a balance between my work and family life.

It is about priorities in life and for me, ever since I have been a mom, my family and kid have been my first priority.

I work six months and get three or four with the family. I've stopped racing to get to the red light.

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids.

I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.

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.

I have a kid and a husband and my family, and it's important to live the real life. I don't want to offer my whole life to cinema. It's only cinema.

I turned down a movie this summer because it was nine weeks in Vancouver and my oldest daughter is 14. I've got four more summers with her. I'm not giving away nine weeks of her summer to go do a silly movie.

I rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.

I'm sure at some point I will get back into coaching, but right now I need to focus completely on my kids.

I am a marathon worker and marathon mother. I'll spend three or four days completely swallowed up by work. And if I make it home in time to say good night, I may have one good hour with the girls, maybe a brief family dinner or a family walk with the dog, and then it is back on the computer to prepare for tomorrow's shows.

I try not to miss anything because of work. And I didn't want to have to say that, because that doesn't sound realistic. But it is. Family has to come first. It has to. Especially for a mom. Because if your family's happy, you can do your job.

I want time for my career, my kids, and my partner.

I think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.

I don't waste as much time at work because I'd rather spend it with my kids.

I prioritize the things that need to get done at work, and I ask myself where I'm spending the majority of my time. The answer to that question always needs to be 'with my family.'

I'm not willing to spend too much time away from my kids, so I usually don't work that much.

I want to work, but being a mom is my No. 1 priority.

Any job I choose has to work with my schedule with my kids. I don't want to miss any of my time with them.

Let's just say I decided that while my son is young I don't want to do projects that would take me away for months.

Balancing family and work is a top priority for me, and I treat it as such. Meaning, I actually put specific family time and events in my calendar so that precious time is dedicated and properly blocked off from any work that may try to sneak its way into my schedule.

I think somebody ought to do a survey as to how many great, important men have quit to spend time with their families who spent any more time with their family.

My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

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.