Edie Falco Quotes

I realized relatively early on that I had no desire to be a mother whatsoever. I actually love children, but specifically other people's.

I was never the girl who yearned for children. I pretended to be interested in other people's kids, but that was obviously just an act.

I am single and without children. I'm actually one of those people who's just never had a great desire to have kids.

I really am at peace with not being a mom.

I am not maternal at all. I don't have any kids.

But I'd made up my mind early on in life that I never wanted to be a mother.

I am no mother, and I won't be one.

I didn't have children, but I never wanted children.

I had a pregnancy that wasn't private... A lot of people had their opinions about it. They were surprised that I came up pregnant, which was a surprise to me, because I'm a woman, and women get pregnant, and Lauren comes first before the actress, so having my son was the best thing that ever happened to me.

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

I don't have any kids of my own.

I think it's nice to have children. I didn't have many, and while I don't sit around regretting it, I maybe would have liked a couple more. But it wasn't meant to be, and I didn't want it badly enough.

I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me.

I don't have any regrets about not having kids. I've just never had those maternal feelings. I am a nurturer by nature, but I nurture adults: my friends, the people I work with. I don't want to nurture children.

I made the choice not to have children, so I can spend my days just writing; there are no kids demanding my time.

I never planned on having children, that's never been a desire of mine.

I think a lot of women feel pressure to have kids, especially when you get engaged. And for me, I'm like, I don't want that pressure on myself.

I've never regretted not having kids.

I am sorry if I am going to disappoint women who feel that becoming a mother completes you. I don't feel I am any less of a woman for not having a child.

You're raised to think being a mother is an inevitable step in your development but you start to ask yourself questions, because not every woman does want to have children.

For me, just being how old I am, I know I don't want to be a single mom. I really would rather make it a two-person job. But I've also come to terms with not being a mother at all. I'm actually really good with either direction that my life can take as being a valid experience.

I regret not having more children. I would have loved to have had a bigger family.

I definitely don't have any desire to have children.

I never have kids in movies or in TV shows.

There was no active, conscious decision-making point, just a gradual realization over time that I'm very happy minus children and marriage.