Andrea Riseborough Quotes

I happen to find motherhood a very natural state, but I know a lot of other people don't.

Before I married, I had three theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.

The standard Bristol set at being a mother is high for a woman to have to step into. She, as a mom, is crushing it.

Whether you work outside the home or not, never tell them [your children] that being a mommy is your 'job.' Being a mommy is a relationship, not a profession.

Definitely being a mom changes your perspective on everything.

The reason child care is such a loaded issue is that when we talk about it, we are always tacitly talking about motherhood. And when we're talking about motherhood we're always tacitly assuming that child care must be a very dim second to full-time mother care.

As a mom I know that raising children is the hardest job there is.

I never turned down a mother role.

I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.

I'm still raising kids myself, so I don't feel like a grandpa.

I love my children, but I don't really want to talk about them. I'm not that much of a freakish middle-aged mother, I'm just very lucky, and there isn't much more to say. I'd like not to be constantly expected to be a spokesman for things that are part of the natural rhythm of a woman's life.

When you have girl children they torture you!

Raising kids these days is hard. I'm the second to last child in my family. I think it's tough; I have two kids, I see them and I feel like I see things in them; they awaken the inner child in you.

When I first knew I was having children, I thought I wanted boys, but then I thought I'd be better with girls. I'm quite sensitive, and you get more cuddles with girls. And they like their dads.

I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.

I haven't wanted to play a mother for a long time because I am one.

Everybody knows how to raise children, except the people who have them.

The more people have studied different methods of bringing up children the more they have come to the conclusion that what good mothers and fathers instinctively feel like doing for their babies is the best after all.

The most important experience for learning to be a mother is your own mom's experience.

I have a child and I'm a parent first of all.

That's one thing I find about having children - it does unlock a door that separates you from other women who've had children.

I'm not cut out to lug babies around!

I think motherhood is just about instinct.

Every man plays many roles. So far, I have played father the best.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.