Helen Hunt Quotes

I'm not sure if I want to continue to work when I have kids.

One thing I always want to clear up was the notion that I 'took time off to have a baby.' A lot people leapt to that conclusion because becoming a parent happened to coincide with film roles tapering off.

I'd long wanted to write about that moment when a woman steps off the career track to have her first child. For me, that was a scary time.

I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

There are plenty of models who have children.

I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.

The reality is that family is on the cards in the future. But you know in motorsport if you take yourself off to have children, you won't come back, partly as you're quickly forgotten in this sport.

At 24, I took time off to have a baby, and ever since, I have been juggling modelling with motherhood.

In many ways, being pregnant and working were more difficult than motherhood.

I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.

I'm one of the lucky few who never had to face the whole 'Oh, you've had a baby, and now work will have to suffer' bit. It just wasn't a big deal when I got married and had a baby.

When my son was born, I decided I wasn't really into working 12 hours a day. That slowed me down a little bit.

A woman can plan when to have her family and how to support a family.

I have a great husband, great parents and in-laws, and I have help with a nanny. It's not easy, but there are others who do it every day and don't have a high-profile job as I do.

Having my son has changed so much of what I dream about. It used to be about business, business, what's the next deal? What's the next movie? Now it's about him.

Becoming a mom makes politics real. Whether it's education policies, health care policies, family leave - it informs your decision-making.

It's nice to predict your schedule, especially with a child. It's nice to have work and be in a stable place, which isn't always easy for actors.

Prior to having my first child, I had a huge ambition to go into movies and TV.

A family is definitely in my future, but I have no idea when. I don't know how people fit it in with an acting career, but they do. Katherine Parkinson is a great example of that, so I'll have to ask her.

I definitely don't want to have kids. I don't think I'd be a great mother. I don't want to have a kid and have it raised by a nanny. I don't have the time to raise a child.

My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we're having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.

It is draining when you have a child, and there aren't many women directors with kids out there as role models.

I'd been doing shows, but I slowed down because I had a daughter and got to spend some time having more of a family life.

My dream is to have a family, hopefully while still working.

I encourage women who are starting families to think about the five-year horizon. The first few years of parenthood are really hard, but if you stick it out, it gets easier.