Sherilyn Fenn Quotes

It's easy for me to say that now, now I'm a father, I've got a four-and-a-half year old boy, I'm a different person. Well, I'm still the same person, but I'm different.

I've changed a lot because I am a father.

Children change you. They really do.

It's been six years since I have had a drink and I have two girls, and my priorities are a lot different now and I just can't believe I was that guy. And I would not go back, I would not trade the way I am now for anything.

My kids inspire me to be the person I am today - without them I wouldn't be who I am today.

It makes you more open, it gives you perspective, having a child.

I think having a child can really change you if you're open to it.

After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.

I do feel like I've changed a great deal, but not anything outside of the norm of what most people experience as they grow and they take on the responsibilities of parenthood and being more engaged in their business and all that stuff. I think it's a pretty natural evolution.

I really felt the growth of myself as a human being, as a person [becoming a mother].

I can't help but be a different person now that I've had kids. That really does change your whole perspective on life for the better. I definitely feel like I've grown up. So, I guess in a way parts of me are going to be different, but in general I'm still the same girl from the Bronx who had big dreams.

I've changed a lot, too! I'm different, too. I have far more in some ways to offer and far less in other ways to offer. That's life. And, you know, life goes on!

My daughter's the greatest thing that's happened to me in my life and she turned me into a more responsible man, as opposed to just someone who's a perpetual teenager, thinking you're a man when you're not.

I think more about the family now. That's an interesting progression for me.

This past year has been something else... it's opened my eyes to many things and many people. It's had its ups and downs and ins and outs. And I believe we've all been able to take something from that and grow in our own imparticular ways. We've over come obstacles, and set in motion opportunities that can change our own individual lives.

That's like the greatest experiences of my life still, 'Friends,' so it's not something I want to get away from, but I do want to try and show something new.

The thing that's changed the way I do my stand-up act is having kids and getting older and wiser and smarter. There might be a joke or two in the past that I wish I hadn't done, but in the past, you can't have it back.

When I was 25, people used to say to me that having kids would change you, and I'd roll my eyes.

Doing a kid's movie is fun when you have kids. You don't want to do kids' movies if you don't have kids. When you have kids, things change in your life.

Life is definitely always about expanding. That's how we grow.

How does anybody change from the time that they're 18 till they're 25? Everything kind of changes. You see the world much differently, and you get your priorities in order a little bit more.

I think it's certainly natural to try new things as you grow up and get older!

I've had two children. I've had three boyfriends. I've had a lot of things happen that can change your opinions and values and philosophies.

Success did change me. You don't want it to, but it does.

As I enter a new phase of life and my circle broadens, I start learning new things.