Angelina Jolie Quotes

I'm a mum. Cooking is something I have to do. It's something I like to do.

I'm a real stay-at-home mom. I'm really hands-on. Everything else became secondary.

I'm simply the mom who makes the lunch, drives to school, finds where the toys are, washes the clothes, and I'm here to play. And that's all I should be.

I am a son, husband and father of two children. I have to take care of their needs and concerns.

Linda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids.

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.

I think a good mom is an awake mom. At least for me, I've always been a kinder, better person awake than sleep-deprived!

My mother was a working woman, and I was alone a lot. So I wanted to be a stay-at-home mom.

I'm used to getting up at 7, getting breakfast, getting the kids off to school, and doing the mommy thing and the wife thing and the daughter thing.

I learned how to cook and do a lot of marital things.

I finished 'Heartsick' with my daughter asleep in her bassinet by my desk, a feat that any new mother will tell you cannot be sufficiently praised.

When I'm home, I'm just mom. We're a normal, regular family doing normal, regular types of things.

Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well.

I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping.

If you didn't know that I am an actress, I don't think you could tell from my lifestyle. I cook and cook and cook. I like to be with my daughter. She's 16, so of course I bore her.

The biggest challenge in my life is getting all these kids raised. I've helped with nieces, stepchildren and my own son, so the biggest challenge is making sure the kids are raised and finding enough quality time with them.

My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

I took a long period off to be a mom.

I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.

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'm a hands-on mum and I'm lucky to be able to be that. I can remember the things my mum used to do with me and that time together is so important.

I'm taking care of the children, doing a bit of cooking and trying to do a bit of DIY around the house. But that's not going too well.

I love being a mother; I hate being a housewife - the cooking, the laundry - because it takes away time I could be with my kids.

I never try to be the poster child for the perfect mother/wife... You prioritize, you do the best you can possibly do, and you don't beat yourself up.