Akshaye Khanna Quotes

Kids are a huge sacrifice; they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

I had achieved the most important things in my life when I married Joan and had the sons. Given the choice between Joan and the boys, and being a writer, I world give up being a writer without a blink.

Before children, it's kind of easy to be solipsistic - you and your wife are in this hermetic little thing, and your own desires, wants, needs, tastes dictate your choices. Then, suddenly, all of that's gone.

I've been married 23 years now. Gone from spending all of my time on the road to being a husband and father.

My life is about the line, my daughter and my husband.

First of all, as a man the most important thing you have in your life now is your child that you're carrying. That's it. Everything else comes second; personally, for me, other than your relationship with God and your wife.

Marriage is a school itself. Also, having children. Becoming a father changed my whole life. It taught me as if by revelation.

Being married is one thing, but having kids will completely change you. I still go out and hang with my buddies, but having two daughters will completely change your perspective on the world.

My life has taken on a different course. I've got a responsibility now not just as a husband but as a father.

Being parents suits us. Having kids has been the best thing for both of us.

Fatherhood has changed me - it has to change you. It makes you much more aware of the minutiae of life, it's not about your needs any more, its about everyone else's.

My family is my life, and everything else comes second as far as what's important to me.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

I love Matthew Broderick. Call me crazy, but I love him. We can only be in the marriage we are. We're very devoted to our family and our lives. I love our life. I love that he's the father of my children, and it's because of him that there's this whole other world that I love.

The purpose of my life is being a father to my kids and being a husband to my wife.

Having children really changes your priorities.

Having a child keeps you very grounded. So when I decided to have a child, I made it clear to the people I work with that my job was no longer my priority.

Sure my career means a hell of a lot, but it will never come before Sandy and my son.

The only thing I've ever wanted in my life is to be a mom and a wife.

There is nothing more important in my life than being a father. I will never allow any of my career choices or aspirations to threaten this bond.

I want to raise a family and have a couple of small Dirks running around. But it will not be easy to win my heart.

When you have a baby, love is automatic, when you get married, love is earned.

Being a husband is for me as big a priority as being a father.

I have a wife, a son, and I've had some practical life experience.

I always thought that family was the most important thing in life, and no matter what I do, whether being a chef or an actor or a dancer, being a dad is what I do best.