Gene Hackman Quotes

There were so many occasions when I wasn't around for my kids or my husband. But we learnt to work around it.

When I was growing up, my father was naturally a very busy man and was not around for long periods of time. Despite that he was always emotionally with me.

My kids know they can't make the same mistakes I've made. They've been through a lot with me always being on the road.

I have barely seen my son since he came into the world. Even though I hear his voice on the phone almost every day, it is very tough to not be present while he is growing up.

I have three children, each of whom is having an idyllic childhood, probably because I have been at the office the entire time.

I can't cultivate a relationship with my child if it's between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, 'This is not going to work.' It will work some of the year, but not 12 months a year.

I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

I wish I had been home more when the children were growing up. I missed a lot.

My mother had lived in London since I was little, so she never got to see my school plays and stuff.

The whole time I was on 'Grey's,' I'm still reconciling myself to my 11-year-old son, because he never saw me during that time. By the time he got up, he'd see a dent in his pillow, but by the time I got home, he was already asleep. So for three years, he had a daddy that he never saw because I had to work.

I never helped my kids. I was working too hard. My kids had to be responsible for themselves.

I'm pretty selfish, I think. I'm probably a terrible dad. I don't do too much with my kids. Obviously I love them and everything, but I just stay here in the studio all day.

When my son was born, I was busy with the shoot of the film. So sometimes I would come in the wee hours and he would be sleeping and when he is awake, I am gone for work.

When I used to leave behind my wife and kids and go into training camp for nine weeks at a time, I felt it, especially if you're having young children and leaving them literally within weeks of them being born.

I was a solo parent. Not a single parent as far as I was concerned. Single parent implies that the other parent is around somewhere.

We are always too busy for our children; we never give them the time or interest they deserve. We lavish gifts upon them; but the most precious gift, our personal association, which means so much to them, we give grudgingly.

I sort of spend every moment that I'm not working doing things with my son. You do the best you can, and you make the most of the time you have.

In modern life, we tend to forget family values because of the hectic schedule.

I'm going to spend some time with my family. My kids are really in the years where I'm starting to miss more stuff, and we're going to stay very involved in politics.

I have it all because my children did not whine and cry when I was not there.

When Radar goes home, Peg and Erin go down to meet him. Erin sees Radar in uniform and calls him Daddy. It so incredibly perfectly captured the heartbreak of being away from your child who was growing up without you.

There are days that I love just devoting to going to the park and playing with my son, but then sometimes you have to leave out other things, or if work is a full day of work, perhaps I miss the play time with my son, and I guess the only struggle is trying to not shortchange any of the things that you want to do.

How well we understand the kids' world is very important, and I myself am not claiming to be the perfect dad, and from feedbacks from Jo, I understand that more time should be spent with our children.

Parenting is no sport for perfectionists.