Diane Lane Quotes

I think being a mom changed me, and now it's not just about what I want to do and what's sort of interesting, but what I absolutely have to do.

There is a lot of opportunity - wonderful, amazing things, like a dream. But I've got a family, and it's not just about my dreams.

It's the sacrifice I'm not willing to make right now to leave my children because I felt it wasn't only my choice.

I had a dozen years to act before starting a family, then found that motherhood dwarfed everything else. Once or twice a year, I take a project that appeals to me for its redeeming social value.

I don't take it lightly that I brought a life into this world. They're waiting for you every day, these sweet little angels. You have to have time for them to interact on a daily basis.

I rarely need career advice because I don't have a career. No, that's not true. I can't really go far away while my kids are living with me.

I can't selfishly take journeys anymore because I have to take a little boy along with me.

I feel lucky that I had my children late. Not that I would advise it in any shape or form. But I know friends who had children when they were young, struggled with feeling trapped. I can honestly say I've never once resented the fact that I couldn't go out because of my kids.

You don't want to spend your life explaining yourself.

I don't think I'm old enough or experienced enough to give anyone any guidance. All I would like say is that as long as you're having fun, I think you're doing the right thing.

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.

I have bad-mom moments all the time. Sometimes I have the wrong reaction, but I try to remember to pull back and think about it. Even when I make the mistake, I'm able to then go, 'Oh, okay, let's do this again.'

I don't know... part of, I suppose, my way out of everything, has been really taking care of myself. I think that comes from an awareness that my children really need me, and they need me to be the healthiest version of myself that I can possibly be.

I enjoy waking up in the morning and thinking, 'Who do I want to be today?'

I needed to really grow up myself so I could be the woman that my daughter deserves.

There's no vacation from being a parent.

We have the opportunity not just to choose our job or profession, but also to choose the sort of life we want to live and the imprint we will leave on others.

I definitely do live my life at a different pace now than I used to... I feel like I'm guilty of all the overindulgences of a guy in his 20s and early 30s could've gone through, but I look back on it with great fondness. I don't have a lot of regrets.

I grew up without a father, so I have to be on point for my kids.

I suppose I've been selfish in the past and put my career first. But priorities change.

We can all tend to get caught up in the complications of life that we create; we live life for other people. It's a harrowing moment when you're confronted with an end, and you have to make the choice to live your life for you.

When I'm on a movie, I'm unavailable every day for a year and a half. You can't do that with a little baby. Somebody might be able to do it, but not me.

It's with a heavy heart that I have decided that I can't relocate. I have two babies under 4. Being a mother and wife comes first, and I just cannot uproot my children and separate the family by moving away. I will miss this job desperately and wish everyone the absolute best.

Men regret their life has been ill-spent, but this does not always induce them to make a better use of the time they have yet to live.

I needed to address that I've had some profound moral shifts in my own life.