Quotes from Katherine Heigl

I'm terrible with patience.

I can hide, and my husband's just terrible at finding me. I do like to jump out from behind doors and scare him.

I'm not terribly sentimental.

Marriage is actually really terrifying. It doesn't work for many people.

I've created a chaotic life, and then I get on edge because of it.

Some people think, if you're in the public eye, that you have to have an answer for everything and it has to be boring.

If I have to be focused and watch what I say, then I have to be comfortable.

I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me.

Smoking sucks! The one thing I would say to my kid is, 'It's not just that it's bad for you. Do you want to spend the rest of your life fighting a stupid addiction to a stupid thing that doesn't even really give you a good buzz?'

We are all human beings, part of the human race, and we need to be compassionate and giving and kind with one another.

I'm not really a first-move kind of gal.

People make mistakes - they say things they shouldn't have or didn't necessarily mean. But I strongly believe in consequences. If there are none, someone might feel like they've gotten away with something, or that what they said couldn't have been that bad.

When I see some of the people who are glorified in magazines these days - who are so thin it's bordering on sickness - I just feel exhausted.

I am a better mother for having something in my life and not just my children.

Of course, of course I'm grateful. How can I not be grateful? I have been afforded such a wonderful life.

I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.

I don't make big grand gestures, generally.

I don't want to be the person digging my own grave.

If I wasn't in this industry, I wouldn't work out.

I want to stay in the moment and enjoy the great things that are happening.

I'm terrible with my workout regime and following it strictly. I'm terrible with a healthy diet and following it strictly. I'm terrible on the weekends about getting up at reasonable hours and all of those things. But, when it comes to my work and the discipline it takes to get to work on time - I hate unprofessionalism.

There are some things that, if you say them out loud, will hurt the other person's feelings. I tend to say them anyway. It's better to be honest.

I used to weigh myself every day at a certain time of day. Then I would write down the number and measure my body fat. It wasn't a healthy way to live.

I'm really proud of myself because I've pared my beauty regimen down to a cream blush and berry-tinted lip balm, which has saved me so much time.