Amy Ryan Quotes

I'm a mother. Mothers multi-task.

It's not difficult to take care of a child; it's difficult to do anything else while taking care of a child. Trying to clean up the kitchen after you've had a baby is a nightmare because you have to wait for the baby to be asleep, you're exhausted, and you really don't want to clean up the kitchen now.

My dad loves babies. He's really good with them and is a big family man.

I love babies - I love being with them. As for acting with them, it's kind of hard because they don't know how to act.

It's harder to take care of kids than it is to make a movie.

Everything seems like, 'If I don't change this diaper correctly, she won't go to college.' My advice is, know that the time does go by fast... it's a huge roller coaster; it's the hardest thing and most rewarding thing.

You can fudge a lot as an actor, but you can't fudge being a parent.

Parenting definitely has some challenging moments.

Taking care of children was not something I was good at.

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

I think I'm a good father, but that's taken a lifetime of experience.

I would love to have kids one day. In fact, I'm pretty good with them. I grew up with five half-siblings, the youngest of whom is 11 years younger than me, so I think I learned some pretty cool parenting skills quite early on in life.

I know one of the reasons God gave me kids was to test my patience.

Well, I say that the most important job you can possibly have is raising a child, and it needs to be treated that way. You have to show them, rather than just talk to them.

I am comfortable around babies and children because I have two of my own.

I love all my scoop children. But consistency and persistence is really my aim.

Love can produce the children, but it has nothing to do with the raising of the children. I grew up thinking, 'Oh, that's it. All I have to do is fall in love.' You may think love will change everything, but it really is different with children. Children don't necessarily bring you together; they challenge you.

Being a father is an everyday challenge. It goes on and on.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.

Raising children uses every bit of your being - your heart, your time, your patience, your foresight, your intuition to protect them, and you have to use all of this while trying to figure out how to discipline them.

Raising a child is an on-the-job kind of thing. There aren't a whole lot of manuals for that.

Fortunately, when you're a mom, the responsibility of caring for your child can keep you going.

I have no regrets about not having children. I still wait for the pang of guilt, but I have none. I tune into the television show 'Nanny 911' occasionally which reminds me how much patience and love it take to be a good parent.

I'm a parent, especially when you've had the intense parenting the way I had. It's all in the bank. It's all in the great experience bank. Those are your secrets. That's the stuff that makes your work rich, that's what you dip into.

Being a mom has affected me in the greatest way possible - and in a necessary way. Having my son has helped me to be grounded, and I feel like with a child you have to really think about things all the way through.