Alek Wek Quotes

I'm doing less than I used to because I'm a family man now, and I have two kids.

TaskRabbit is really my first baby. So balancing the second child is something I've tackled, but I'm really passionate about what I do, and then I'm passionate about coming home and putting my baby to bed.

Mothers are the heart of any household. I try to spend as much time with my children as I possibly can while also fulfilling my professional duties. It is tricky, but I think I manage it.

I think that I'd like to try to be a superwoman and have kids and work, so we'll see if I can actually accomplish that.

One has to divide attention between having kids and a full workload.

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.

Just because you have a baby on your hip - or one on the way or two at home - doesn't mean you can't go after your dreams.

The only thing that I stress out about is, how am I going to make sure that I balance out my time for motherhood?

I couldn't be where I am today if I had children. My focus would be on my children and home. And you can do it later in life.

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

I'm a working mom, so I know that getting the job done, feeding the kids, organizing family get-togethers, and putting the finishing touches on sixth-grade projects all take precedence over exercise.

When Kelly was born, I thought seriously about retirement. But I wanted to see if it was possible to mix being a mother with tennis and the two combined very well.

I'm trying to have a family and a career.

My process has changed in recent years because I now have two young kids. I have to be more regimented. The days are very short.

I didn't want children until my late thirties because my career was taking off, and I was having such a good time in New Order. But when you have children, you have to make decisions; I always wanted to stay at home with my kids.

Before I had a child, I had goals. And I still have to accomplish those goals, but now that I have a child, I have more goals to accomplish. So I can't waste time.

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

I think it's entirely possible to have a career in fashion and raise a child. Stella McCartney is on her fourth child and remains both a fashion icon and a great mom.

I highly recommend getting your career established first and then having children.

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.

I'm the father of three daughters, and they're all highly trained professionals. Two of them are mothers, and the other one wants to be at some point.

When the children were little, I'd fly into L.A. for a specific work project, but then I'd leave again, and when I was home, I wouldn't even read a script.

I have two kids, career and I travel, and I don't think my life is any different than most couples. The most valuable commodity now for many people is time and how to parcel that out.

I don't see how a woman in documentary photography could have children. I think it's a very difficult thing to do to raise a family, and I have enormous respect for people who do it. I'd hate to do something like that and not be good at it.