Sonali Bendre Quotes

I absolutely love what I do and thank my lucky stars for twenty-five years of full-time employment in this business.

I realize I'm a very lucky man. I love what I do, I love films, TV and theater, and the fact that I'm able to make a living at it staggers me.

It never ceases to amaze me that I get to do this for a living.

A mother deserves a day off to care for a sick child or sick parent without running into hardship - and you know what, a father does, too. It's time to do away with workplace policies that belong in a 'Mad Men' episode.

So many people in this world get up every day and go to their nine-to-five job they hate for 12 months a year for 30 years. I kind of do a self-check and evaluation to realize I'm very blessed and grateful to be where I am.

I'm in a small percentage of people that get to do what they love to do for a living. I'm lucky.

I feel very privileged to do what I do.

I love my work and the fact I am fortunate enough to have the opportunities available to explore.

Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed.

I am so blessed to be able to get up in the morning and go to a job I love, with fantastic people around me.

I'm nearly always at home at the weekends; that's important for every working woman today, not just me. I don't encourage people to come in at the weekend and work; I encourage people to go home and create great families.

I'm aware of how lucky I am. Being able to make pretty good money, and get to do a lot of fun work, and at the same time I'm not besieged by photographers.

I do want to be able to benefit from my work and make a good living, but I love it so much that I would do it for free.

I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.

I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.

If you can figure out how to get paid to do something you love, that's the dream.

There are women who literally squeeze a baby out of their bodies or get cut open in major surgery, have a human being, the next generation of the human race pulled from their bodies, and within a couple of weeks have to go back to work, because if they don't, they can't pay their bills. Something's wrong with that.

My very sassy, older southern sister is very quick to point out that it's a luxury that my daughter gets to come to work with me. She does, and I have lunch with her every single day. My mom says I have 'high class problems.'

I'm lucky to be in this business. I'm very grateful.

People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives.

You can't be a great mum and work the whole time necessarily; those two things aren't ideal. We have an awful lot to work on and to debate about in relation to our working lives, because it isn't working for a lot of people, particularly for a lot of women.

And I don't believe that women can successfully have it all. I really don't.

I don't look at things goin', 'Oh, is this gonna make me rich? Is this gonna make me a star? Am I gonna win awards?' If all that stuff happens, great. Who cares? I still have to wake up in the morning and go to work and be happy to do it.

As busy as I claim to be, I've still got the greatest job in the world.

I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.