Victoria Beckham Quotes

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.

I have been a working mom as long as I've been a mom.

I think it's really cool how J. Lo's been able to balance an acting career and a music career. That's something I strive for.

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 have a career, which is important, but my family is the priority. First family, and then career. It's a delicate balance.

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.

I work hard and try to combine a demanding career with motherhood.

I had children very young. You go through a period of immense guilt about being a working mother.

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

It took a while for me to figure out how it all fit in, being a mother and being a woman and being a rock singer.

I think it's possible to bag substantial roles in meaningful cinema despite being a mother. My role in Yagavarayinum ' is the best example.

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.

With my daughter, who at the time was one, my domestic life needed to take more precedent and really with my own self I needed to develop quite a bit more. So that put Blur down the list of priorities quite a lot by the time I came to thinking about it.

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.

I always feel I could be like Toni Collette, going between big studio things and indie films. That would be feasible.

I love acting. But I love being a mother. To be a full mother and a full person, you have to do what you love, and that's acting. But I like the best of both worlds.

Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.

My ambition was to stop waiting tables. That was how I measured success: finally, I was able to stop waiting tables, and I was able to pay the rent, and that was by being a stand-up comic. Not a very good stand-up comic, but good enough to make a living.

When I look back, I did what I had to do for business and then fit family life into it.

I made numerous attempts to find a way to do it all, to be a creative singer, songwriter, producer, and to be the mother, daughter, sister, lover, wife. And the thing about music is, with me, that she's a harsh mistress. She does not come to me in the midst of stress.

I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.

Over the years, I've seen how being a soloist and having a family can really work.

Earlier, my priority was only work. I worked like a dog before I got married. After marriage, once you have a baby, time management is difficult. Your responsibilities change, your priorities change. And you have to concentrate on them if you have to work out your life. Your career is just a part of your life. For me, my family is my life.

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.

Raising a small child as a woman while travelling 10 months out of the year would, I believe, be something I would not be able or even want to do, although with the amazing example of Leila, I am no longer so sure.