Thomas Gibson Quotes

I've never been a hands-on dad. I'm not ashamed to admit it, but you can't run a restaurant and be home for tea at 4:30 and bath and change nappies.

There's really no point in having children if you're not going to be home enough to father them.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

The reason my kids come to the set is so I can actually see them.

With TV shows that film in London, you're pretty much around for your kids, so that's good.

I don't care if I am doing music: my son comes with me every weekend. If I'm on the West Coast, he'll come fly and be with me. If I'm on the East Coast, I get my son every weekend. It doesn't matter where I'm at - show, no show, whatever. Break or no break. I have my son every summer and every weekend while he's in school.

I like to be home with my son, kickin' it and watching ESPN, a very normal life. I like to take him to school every day, watch his games.

I always quit at three when my kids come home from school so I feel pretty spoiled.

I like to be with my children - not just quality time, but quantity time. I like to be there in the morning when they're waking up. I like to practice piano with them. I like to be there at supper. I need them as much as they need me. Working is not as important to me as being a mother is.

I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.

I just didn't work that much while the kids were growing up.

I've brought my daughters all over the world-they travel with me. I drag them out of school just to keep the relationship. When I'm home I'm a big-time daddy.

I'm not willing to spend too much time away from my kids, so I usually don't work that much.

I spend as much time with my kids as any mom who stays home. I only work during the hours they're at school, but there is always the sense of trying to catch up with all their stuff and not only organize my work life but also their school lives.

I think my children know that Mother's priority is to be with them first. But I don't think it has to be an either/or situation. Work is very important to me, and it wouldn't be in the best interest of my children for me to stay home seven days a week.

I just want to make sure when I have kids, I can spend time with them. That's the whole point.

I am stopping so I can be a full-time father to my two young sons on a daily basis.

I think a generation ago, dads went to work, they came home, and they had their dinner, had a drink, and then went to bed. I don't know what it was like in your house, but that is how it was in mine. I think it is cool to have the dads in the trenches and doing the real parenting work.

I go off and make movies; I come home, and I'm a dad and I hang with my girls.

I'm very lucky. I am one of those people who is able to go home, shut the front door and completely focus on the kids.

Is it harder having kids and working? It definitely is, but the payoff is you get to go home to your kids, and it all balances out. And I know I'm a better mother when I'm engaged in something outside of the house.

I'm a father of four so whenever I'm not working my kids have their different sports, or plays, or school performances, so I don't do a whole lot of other stuff besides being a dad.

I often feel very guilty because of the time that I spend outside of my home and the little time that sometimes I have for my kids.

Usually I go to the studio to write lyrics and compose music. I try to be a dad as much as possible at home.