Quotes from Brooke Shields

I'm a hands-on mum and I'm lucky to be able to be that. I can remember the things my mum used to do with me and that time together is so important.

Everybody says, 'When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.' But really, it's the most selfish thing I've ever done. It's like, Okay, I'm going to create unconditional love for myself, and I'm going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I'm going to get it.

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about.

I look back at myself, this innocent person, and I think, 'Gosh, she's okay.' I handled a lot, and I'm still here.

Depression is so smart - it uses all your references and patterns.

I took my work seriously, but not as a craft. More as a life.

I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.

I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.

People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance.

I could never, ever have an abortion.

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

As I'm getting older, I'm enjoying my vices so much more because I feel like I've deserved them.

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.