Natalie Massenet Quotes

It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.

I love being a mum but I do love to work too.

My work makes me a better mom. It gives me a little door to step out of my parenting and bring the excitement from my day back home.

I don't want to spend my life doing jobs that I don't care about.

Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

Like what you do, if you don't like it, do something else.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

I'm a better mother if I'm also doing my work. Some women find a lot more satisfaction from doing the hardest job, which is being a mom. But I like my day job, so I juggle a lot.

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

You know, I think I'm more of a micro-person, so to me, the context and the framework of trying to do what you love and feel passionate about, in supporting your family in that way, is the most important thing to me.

I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.

Money is a bonus of the job, but it doesn't always make you happy.

Everybody should get to make a living with their passion.

I'm happier about my friends than I am about my work. I still have a long way to go with work. My friends, that's the one thing I'm sure about.

I hope that in 5 years from now I'll be working and doing what makes me happy. Whatever that may be.

The most important lesson I've learned is how rich and rewarding life is when one can engage in meaningful work, whether on the job or outside of work.

People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.

Doing something because it's quote-unquote a good career move doesn't really appeal to me.

Growing up, I was encouraged to get a good education, get a real job doing something I enjoyed, and, should the opportunity present itself, consider public service as just that: a chance to serve, not an end in itself.

Sometimes I wonder why I'm not working at McDonald's and how come I have the life I have. I don't know. But I'm happy that I have these choices. That's kinda sappy, huh? But whatever, acting beats pumping gas.

I read a quote by James Dean when I was 17; he said, 'I'd rather starve than do a whole bunch of work that I don't care about.' The older I got, the more I understood what he was saying. If I want to do a whole lot of work that I don't care about, then I would probably be working in a law office somewhere.

I don't live to work; I work to live.

Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

I don't see myself ever retiring, unless it's for something that I like better, and so far I like directing a lot but I don't see the necessity to retire from anything unless there's a really great alternative.