Angelina Jolie Quotes

My only reason why I am not doing films is my children. My children need my attention, and it's my duty to give them my time. I have not given birth to them to just dump them and go off to work. I am not that kind of a person.

My children are my priority and always have been.

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 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 rarely get a moment to myself, but I love the way that my agenda is dictated by the children, not my work.

I live for my children, so my number one rule is I won't go away from home for more than two weeks.

Any free time I have, the family comes first.

~My children are my life ... It's not like I don't have my own wants and and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first.~

I have been devoted to my son, and there have been lots of jobs in the past that I haven't done because I didn't want to be away from him.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

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.

As any mother knows, we just want our babies to feel better quickly, and we all do whatever we have to do to help them - no matter how much it inconveniences us or hurts our backs!

I'm never away from my boys for more than three days.

We're parents first, and once you have kids, everybody knows that you have priority lists. Number one is your family and everything else just kind of finds its place.

I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see.

I never did allow anything to keep me from my kids. They're the most important part of my life.

Being a mom to my son has taken precedence over everything in my life, and I think that's the order it should be... It's a great challenge that I don't think's ever gonna stop.

I gave all I had. Now I want to enjoy my family.

No one's raising children any more. To love a child, you've got to work for it. You have to change its diapers and feed it at night!

It's not like I don't have my own wants and dreams anymore - it's just that the kids come first. It's primal.

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 tried taking a year off when Pedro was a toddler because I really wanted to be around, but it wasn't good for any of us.

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.

I made a choice in life and got pregnant and had a child, and I want to put my child first.

I went to every sports contest for my kids. I turned off my cell phone at 8 P.M. I did have to travel relentlessly and had some nights at black tie events. But when I was home, I was home.