Ann Reinking Quotes

I highly recommend getting your career established first and then having children.

In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.

My wife wants four kids, and obviously if we're having four kids, I need to make sure that the priority is family first.

Like individuals in all walks of life, footballers want stability and we have families to look after.

I don't really think in career terms.

I said to myself, 'I've waited a long time in my life to have a child, and I'm missing it, I want to continue to have a career, but not this way.'

When I finished law school, I had a 10-year plan. My plan was to go to a law firm, fall madly in love, have a baby by the time I was 30, make partner, and live happily ever after.

I think it's important to be thinking about your personal life and your family not just when you've retired but also during your career.

A lot of women in New Zealand feel like they have to make a choice between having babies and having a career or continuing their career. So is that a decision you feel you have to make or that you feel you've already made?

My two things I always said is, No. 1, I'd be retired by the time I had my first kid, and No. 2, I'd be retired by the time I was 30.

One season doesn't make a career.

I feel that whoever isn't feeling settled in their career won't think about their marriage.

I really would like to start a family as well. Whether I can balance the two or have to decide one or the other way, I'm not sure what will happen.

I am just at that stage of wondering where I go from here. I came into this business almost by accident, but now it has become serious. What started as a bit of fun, something to do other than be a model, has taken on a different career curve. I have been forced to ask where that curve is going to end up.

My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.

The women themselves say they're far more likely to care about flexibility. The men say, 'I'm far more likely to care about money.'

America is the only high income nation without a paid family leave program. This means that if you or a family member gets sick, there is no guarantee that you can take the time you need to take care of yourself or your loved one, leaving already vulnerable families in the position of making hard decisions in cases of illness.

When you have kids, you start thinking about their future and you forget about yours.

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.

From the beginning, I imagined I would have a long work life.

The word career is a divisive word. It's a word that divides the normal life from business or professional life.

I have earned enough money in my life. When I started my career, for about 10 years, I told myself I want to make money. Now, I just want to do different roles.

There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to.

Eventually I want to be a full-time mother who works occasionally - and being an actor you have that freedom.

I felt like my career was out of my hands.