Kerri Walsh Quotes

I adore going to movie sets and being part of a team trying to create something. And yet, I hate to miss even one bedtime with my girls. . . My sisters both are working mothers. I understand that my being an actress as well as being at home isn't some heroic thing. That doesn't mean it isn't confusing or difficult--especially that question of how you find a balance.

I feel like I'm one of the many working mothers. And I only have one child. I know working mums who have three or four. It's definitely a challenge but it's a wonderful challenge to be able to do both.

As a mom, that's at the forefront of everything in my mind, so I'm always trying to balance, whether it's bringing Violet to work or, the second I am done working, getting home to her.

My dream is to have a family, hopefully while still working.

Being a working mommy is something I've always wanted to be. My mother is my biggest role model and she showed me how to do it right.

You can be a good mom and still work out, get your rest, have a career - or not. My mother encouraged me to find that balance.

That's a journey I've been on for many years. I mean, being a working mother, realizing that I have to make and find my balance.

As an actor timing is important, especially as a mother with small children, so a lot is chance.

I'm like any working mom.

At 24, I took time off to have a baby, and ever since, I have been juggling modelling with motherhood.

I'm a mother, and that's really important. Today, the mother and the musician can sit next to each other. Even when the musician is out there in full swing, the mother doesn't get switched off.

My biggest project right now is trying to be a really great mom and learning how to balance family and career. I'm just trying to spend as much time with my family as I can.

While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.

I am an actress, a producer, a philanthropist, a wife, and above all a mommy to my beautiful babies, Leonardo and Valentino.

I'm constantly struggling. You know, the stories that I feel like I could cover, do the work that I want to do and being a mother. That's really where my struggle is - and being a wife and having a life - and for me it's really hard to find that balance. I'm always struggling to find that balance.

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

My biggest challenge every day is to be a great mother and a great businesswoman.

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.

I am a working mom, so to be able to have a space for my kids as well as a space for my work, it's just great. That is what balance is.

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

I'd say I did a lot of what I did with songs like 'At My Best' was because of the influence of my daughter.

I strongly disagree that you can't have a happy family life and a child as well as rock n' roll.

One thing I didn't want to believe in is that I couldn't have a family and do music at the same time.

I really believe that I've been a better parent from being a working mother.

My mom, Latha Sriram, is my first guru.