Quotes from Patricia Heaton

My husband is always telling me I need to do less, do less, do less. But I feel like if I'm not being productive, I have a hard time relaxing and enjoying myself.

We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her.

I have to keep reminding myself: If you give your life to God, he doesn't promise you happiness and that everything will go well. But he does promise you peace. You can have peace and joy, even in bad circumstances.

I've always been an independent person, but that independence was in the setting of security.

I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight.

And I started as a journalism major at Ohio State, ended up in theater and I love to read.

You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not.

My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.

Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun.

I'm sort of a slob.

My favorite body part? My feet.They're not pretty but they get me where I want to go.

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

And I find it very easy to memorize the scripts, which are so close to conversations my husband and I have.

I have always believed that when you're feeling sorry for yourself, the best thing to do is help someone else.

I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes.

But I think boys ultimately are easier than girls.

Boys wear their hearts on their sleeves. Even when they're trying to pull one over on you they're so transparent. Like men.

Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing.

I always know I'm going to lose my job. It's either going to be canceled next week or next year or nine years from now, but I always know my job is going to go.

In reality, most women 'choose' abortion because they believe they have no other choice.

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.

It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden.

I've always felt a spiritual connection with acting. And I felt whole when I was onstage.

We only work four days a week, we only work three weeks out of the month, and we get four months off for the summer. So there's plenty of time for me to spend with the kids.