Quotes from Katherine Heigl

I'm not out burning bras, but I'm very opinionated about women owning their power.

As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.

Isn't it so weird the day you wake up and you're just going with the flow? And you just suddenly are a mom.

I want my family to resemble the family I came from.

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

Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.

I'm terrible with patience.

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.

I can't cultivate a relationship with my child if it's between takes. I tried that on a movie and realized, 'This is not going to work.' It will work some of the year, but not 12 months a year.

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.

My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.

Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right?

Kids are a huge sacrifice they change everything - but I'm ready to work for things of greater importance than going out to meet someone for dinner at 10 o'clock at night.

I was the youngest child and really spoiled. I loved to play make-believe. I loved pretending to be all kinds of different people and it just seemed natural that I would go into acting.

I'm the most uncoordinated clumsy, klutzy person. I always had a bruise, I always tripped and fell.

I decided I was sick of trying to figure out what everybody else wanted, and I should just decide what I want, and be honest, and not spend all my time guessing.

I look back at my twenties and see that I was much less confident.

I think that everybody has a right to their own thoughts, their own feelings and their own private moments, if they want them.

I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again.

I have my moments, but generally speaking I shy away from being too lovey dovey.

I dreamed about these moments, and I think I hoped I would have them, but you don't know. So when the lucky break hits, it's like being Cinderella and hopefully midnight doesn't come.

Even if you plan a marriage and a family, you are never quite prepared for the reality versus how you imagined it. In a lot of ways it's better, and in a lot of ways it's worse. That's life, right?

I'm not out burning bras, but I'm very opinionated about women owning their power.

When I do get pregnant, I highly doubt I'll be one of those women who don't look pregnant from behind - I'll be that chick who looks pregnant from her ankles up!