Jeff Foxworthy Quotes

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.

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

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.

I don't work all the time. That's why I waited to have children until I was ready for that. I try to organise my time according to them because they need me. I don't want to put my work first anymore because it's not as important as my children.

It's hard to kind of marry your personal life with the theater. It always works so well for my life, and then I had kids, and the thought of missing putting them to bed is a tough one for me. You know, I'm there a lot for them.

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

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.

A man should never neglect his family for business.

I have said a lot that it's very important to me to make time for my child and make her the priority. I made sacrifices so that I'm around and not traveling for that.

I needed to step away from music because the truth was I couldn't be the dad I wanted to be to my kids. My truth was that I could not reconcile the two worlds - the entertainment world and being the dad I wanted to be in the present. You can't substitute time, you just can't.

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.

I just don't want to miss anything in the lives of my children while they are still young. It's why I don't audition for leading roles at all and why I say no to some of the supporting roles that I do get offered.

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.

Away from football, it is just family. I try to spend time with my kids - I have to spend a lot of time away, so every time I am at home, I like to spend time with them.

I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids.

I worked so much when my first son was born that I missed a lot.

My first job now is as a mother, everything else is secondary. My kids understand that I am an actress, and they are always so surprised to hear my voice on a cartoon character, or see my face on a video box. If it ever gets to be too much though, the career and the kids, I will simply set the career aside.

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

My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

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

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 don't like to leave my children for long periods of time. It's made me more picky about roles that are close, especially on television.

You don't get to see your family much. In the movie business, directors often go out of town for long periods of time, and even if you're in town, you're working 14-15 hour days. People tend to not balance out the important things in their lives with their career.

My main priority in any job is when is the soonest I can get back to the three people I love most in the world.