Courtney A. Kemp Quotes

You can't be the perfect member of Congress and the perfect mother 100 percent of the time. And probably, you'd be a pretty annoying person if you were.

You never feel like you're 100 percent at either one. I don't ever feel like I'm the best actress I can be or the best mother I can be.

I wanted to be a 150% entrepreneur and a 150% mom, and I found that I was having a very hard time doing both. I was about 75% and 75% - still better than 100%, but not what I was accustomed to at work.

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.

Passion has always been important to me. That won't change. What changes in a woman's perspective. I mean, I have two kids now. I'm a single parent balancing motherhood and my career. That changes the equation.

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

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

It's so hard to be a mother and to also want to practice your art.

Being a working mom is not easy. You have to be willing to screw up at every level.

You cannot be the perfect wife, the perfect mother, and the perfect actor all at the same time.

I'm one of those actresses that really enjoys staying home with my children. To be told you've got to get to work, it is just unbelievable what it does to you.

I'm an actress and I want to act, and I'm a mom and I want to be with my kids, and it's trying to find a way to do both.

I had a little bit of resistance to the idea of taking energy away from my work, and the baby comes along and, lo and behold, that's exactly what happens.

I think, now that I am a mother, I look at other mums like Jo Pavey and just mums that go back to work and work incredibly hard, and I have so much admiration and appreciation for how hard it is.

It's about maintaining balance. Plan better, be organised. I chose to be a working wife and mother. Why should I compromise on either?

I think, as a working mother, what is more challenging for me is that I get to balance both work and home and prioritise my kid's life.

What I've tried to do is focus on either my job or being a mom, and just go really hard on that so that I can feel like I'm doing my best job at both roles.

I definitely love to work, and I'm loving being a mommy, so I'd like to try to balance both.

Naturally you want to be the best mom you can, but then also you want to be the best performer you can.

You want to be the best at your career, you want to be the best mum, a great wife and all of that. Most of the time, it's not possible. You have to compromise somewhere.

I'm like any working mom.

It definitely puts a strain on family life - I miss them like mad. Being a working mother I've been juggling house and career from day one. I want to hold out for telly for the second half of the year.

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

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 think it is important for working moms to recognize that family is the most important.