Debi Mazar Quotes

We have dinner every single night, Monday through Friday, with our children. We sit down around 6 or 6:30 and it's a family dinner - it's time to check in, just to be around each other.

My kids know I'm home every night for dinner.

Each week I try to have three lunches with my children, one working lunch, and one lunch with mates.

For my kids, I cook everything. We have dinner every night, pretty much, just the four of us: my husband and me and our two kids.

My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.

Family time was very difficult when my girls were little, but I never missed a birthday; I was there for every major event.

To me, it's very important to have time at the restaurant but also time with family and time for myself.

Family is always first. Even though my kids are older - my son is 25 and my daughter is 21 - I still like to sit down and have dinner with them as much as I can.

Lunch is formal - that's when my husband and I have our dates. And dinner is formal: we sit down every day with the kids at seven o' clock.

Birth control that really works - every night before we go to bed we spend an hour with our kids.

To have kids and not be there every night is tough.

We want to gently remind people that we don't have forever. In my work, I hear parents complain all the time that their children grow up so fast. But they don't take the time to sit down and talk to each other. The last bastion of getting together is around the table.

I like to have fun, but I also try to make time for my son.

My parents are nice people, and they also made a point to have dinner as a family every night.

I sort of spend every moment that I'm not working doing things with my son. You do the best you can, and you make the most of the time you have.

At the end of the day, we get to be parents, greeting our lovely, crazy children and talking about their day, making sure they brush their teeth, so all the tension from our day is tabled... until the next.

I just like to spend time with my family and friends, especially my children.

When I was not working, when our children were little, our life was all about our kids and our relationship. We didn't spend tons of time going off and spending time with friends and going on vacations alone.

Having a sit down, no screens, home cooked dinner is one of the most powerful things you can do as a parent and I believe it's the most important activity you can do as a family.

I take the six weeks of the school summer holidays off because I'm pretty sure I'm not going to look back on my life one day and say, 'Damn, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my children.'

My dad would be down at the social club and my mum would be looking after us. Their time out together was limited to birthdays and, particularly being Scottish, to Hogmanay and Christmas.

When you have children, you don't have downtime, but I have a family life that is rich and fulfiling.

Being with my kids is the best, most fun thing; it's a privilege.

I don't take pictures when I'm with my kids, for the sake of my kids. It's important when you're as busy as I am that you give your kids your time when you're with them, and nothing compromises that. I've been lucky enough to have fans that understand that.

I have a little boy, and I wanted to spend a lot of time with him.