Gustavo Dudamel Quotes

I have a husband and two kids, and they're usually around when I'm shooting, then I go home. We have dinner, and that's what I'm dealing with when I go home.

I dedicated almost 12 years to the music industry before having children.

I think having kids has been the biggest influence on my work since I started publishing.

I used to say during my career that the biggest gift was having my children.

Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get on with it, that's what life's about.

Away from football, it is just family. I try to spend time with my kids - I have to spend a lot of time away, so every time I am at home, I like to spend time with them.

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

Having children is exciting. Life puts the past into perspective.

If I am in Sweden, I try to get home to be with my children. I can do work after that from home.

When I'm not working, my time is really about my children.

It takes a lot of courage as an actor to take time off for family. But family is everything.

I would have liked having children to some degree, but frankly I haven't got the time to take the kids to the goddamn ballgame.

So, I kind of rather was hoping that people thought it would have a nice mixture of different topics and it also takes in the fact that I've had two children recently.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

I think having children is the most amazing thing.

You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed.

One has to divide attention between having kids and a full workload.

I've never in my life said I didn't want to have children. I did and I do and I will!

I am lucky in that I love what I do, but it can still be hard to be away from the kids for long lengths of time. At the end of the day, all I want is to be with my kids, but it's worth it to create a future for my family.

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.'

I would love to have more kids. Kids are the best part of my day. I don't wake up to make movies. I wake up to hang out with my family.

I want my weekends back so I can be with my kids.

A family is definitely in my future, but I have no idea when. I don't know how people fit it in with an acting career, but they do. Katherine Parkinson is a great example of that, so I'll have to ask her.

I'm fortunate enough that my personal life falls into whack with my professional life. My kids love visiting the sets; they love the monsters.

Having children is the greatest thing that can happen to you as a husband and wife. They are infuriating at times when they're little, but on the whole, they're such a joy. I don't think I was the most brilliant mother when they were young. I had quite a bit of help because I was working and I enjoyed my work.