Carrie-Anne Moss Quotes

I don't like staying in hotels. I like to be in my own bed. San Diego as a city is really awesome. The only hard part of it for me is that I'm away from my family and my house. But as far as shooting down there, we get amazing locations, and the crew is really, really stellar down there. They are really fun.

People who work for me know that family comes first. And I'm fortunate to have a family that is very supportive of the work I do, so I don't have to live two separate lives.

I know that I wouldn't mind going back to work if I could find the right script and the right crew to work with.

I'm an actor. It's my job.

Every time you say yes to a film there's a certain percentage of your yes that has to do with the director, a certain percentage to do with the story, a certain percentage with the character, the location, etc.

I am an actor, but my most important job is provider of my family.

I still consider myself working in Nashville. I visit Hollywood.

Production-wise, it is difficult to shoot an entire film in the U.S. It's logistically difficult, as getting permission takes time, and it is also expensive to shoot there.

As a director, obviously you should challenge yourself. It's important, because it's this thing that takes you away from your family for years. You have to really love the thing you're doing. It's very important.

My mom worked as an education director.

If I hadn't met Scorsese, I would never have become a filmmaker. He has taught me everything I know about editing and has given me the best job in the world.

My older son works in finance and private equity, which he loves, and Lucas works in film and theater.

I think there's a rule that once you want to live somewhere, you can't find a job.

I've done hip-hop videos, family comedies, a quirky comedy.

Knox County, Tennessee, is a great place to live, work, and raise a family.

Having high quality daycare is by far the most important thing you can do when your kids are little. When I relocated, I spent more time looking for daycare than I did looking for a house.

Most of my friends are assistant directors.

My dad builds houses, and, for the earlier portion of my life anyway, we moved around quite a bit. It took us to some just really amazing places.

I am very pleased to be working with director Woo.

My parents moved to Los Angeles before I was born and built a beautiful home here in Bel Air.

My marriage and my career are my two top priorities.

I gave my all to my career and later to my marriage and motherhood.

My stuff lives in Nashville but I live wherever my children are.

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

My whole approach is very much about using the locations as a world, trying to find the beauty in the time of day we shoot or the ugliness of it, in cases.