Sarah Jessica Parker Quotes

My mom was funny and nutty. I suppose she had to be to survive raising 10 kids. To cope and keep a cap on things, she kept us buoyant and harmonious. She wouldn't let us express anger, which later on landed me in therapy but also made it easier for me to play laid-back, measured roles.

My older sister has four kids and I honestly don't know how she does it.

I always thought that if I wanted to do a family, I wanted to do it big. I wanted there to be chaos in the house.

My parents had five children in six years and one week, meaning that my mom was pregnant for most of the '60s and driving carpools for most of the '70s. When we were young, she dressed us alike so she could pick us out in crowds: identical skirts for the four girls with the color-coordinated pants for my brother.

When you've got a teenager and a pre-teen, especially a son and a daughter, and they're going at each other at the table, all you really want is just five minutes of quiet, but sometimes I have a moment during the chaos when I think, 'Yes, this is good.'

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

Our lives are so hectic and full, and we have a big family right now.

You know how exasperated you can be when you're the mother of five young boys.

I'm the oldest of six children and I had my own first baby when I was 23. So I've always been interested in babies, and I had lots of opportunities to watch them.

I am the fourth of five children, and I can't remember a time with no babies in the house.

I was the oldest of five children, each about a year apart, and my mother, bless her heart, had her hands full.

I'm the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids.

I have no memories of my childhood in Texas. When I was about four, we moved to San Francisco. I was in the middle of seven brothers and sisters: three girls and four boys. Most of my older brothers and sisters got the blame for everything, and the little ones had a free ride. We loved each other but fought like cats and dogs.

I like a full house because it's how I grew up. I'm one of six children.

I'm very nurturing. I come from a large family, and my parents were loving. But the most important thing for me as a mum is to keep my word. When I say no, I mean no.

I've always wanted a big family - not this big!

When Shanthi Ranganathan was the featured turn on 'Hip Hop Saved My Life With Romesh Ranganathan,' we learned she didn't allow him to have a girlfriend until he'd finished university, and she learned - to her unfeigned horror - that he used to sneak girls into the house when she was out.

I have seven brothers and two sisters, so there was always a little friendly competition in the house. I don't think that's anything unusual with that many siblings.

If you have a large family like ours, you have to fight to get your point across, and I think I learned that from my dad.

I have eight brothers and sisters, so I'd like to have a few children.

My kindest interpretation of my younger self is, 'Boy, was I busy.' I had two kids, a husband, two stepkids. I mean, how many darn things can a person do at the end of the day?

I have 11 sisters and 6 brothers.

When everything kind of hit the fan, my dad married Jo Anne, and suddenly there were five kids from the Ripleys and five kids from the Doughertys. Then my dad and Joanne had a baby. I usually have to make a diagram.

For me, 'The Goldbergs' was about surviving a crazy family - and believe me, the show is a sanitized version!

Once you've taken account of the quality of sibling relationships, knowing about the quality of parenting doesn't add much information.