Quotes About Motherhood

I would like to play a mother or a pregnant woman. My body of work can expand because I like challenges. I think I could play male roles. I don't limit myself.

The funny thing is that, for some reason, people think when you're pregnant, you have to start wearing maternity wear and wear flats and look Mom-ish. I don't know exactly what people expect of people who are pregnant, but there's definitely a lot of moms out there that look super fabulous all the time, and I guess that's my inspiration.

I didn't binge when I was pregnant.

There's a saying in Africa: 'To find out you are pregnant is to have one foot in the grave.'

Before I was pregnant, I felt strong but not fit.

I think when I was pregnant with my first child - he's about 10 or 11 now - I first noticed changes in my skin, which can make you panic a bit. I had a bit of melasma.

I get quite bad anxiety and it's come back a bit while I've been pregnant. I don't know why I have it - it's just general life anxiety.

That's the main reason I gave up my career after John was born and I was pregnant with Andrew. I could not handle going away day after day. The thought of going away before they got up and coming back after they were in bed was intolerable.

Some women work while they are pregnant, but not me. That was a choice I had made. That's when I took a break. Men can work at whatever stage they are; whether they turn daddy, they still have their own thing. But women can't afford that because by being mothers, they have to be there for their kids.

When I was pregnant, I wanted to take some time off from acting, but I still needed a creative outlet for myself. My first two books were created during my pregnancies and after giving birth to my first child.

My mother had a lot of phobias. She's pregnant with me and she was a very phobic person. So I was born into phobia, basically.

Oh, I'm pregnant on 'Girls.'

I loved being pregnant.

I only became a celebrity because I had a kid. Before I was pregnant nobody cared. I joke to my agent that having a baby made my career.

In many ways, being pregnant and working were more difficult than motherhood.

I've found the entire process of being pregnant to be such a miraculous, beautiful time.

I've always been really good with my heels. Even pregnant, I could perform in heels.

I was 47 when I got pregnant. I'd been trying for a couple of years and thought it would never happen.

I have always 'styled' myself, but when I got pregnant with KJ and my body was changing monthly, I needed some serious help LOL.

To finally get that call from the doctor that you're pregnant and you're having a baby.... It was just another world.

It was harder to get my driver's license than to get pregnant and give birth.

I could not understand why Meryl Streep, for example, is allowed to work while pregnant and I'm not.

When I got pregnant my foot grew, but I was denying it. I've been denying it for three years.

I'm never as happy as when I'm pregnant. I literally would have 10 babies if I could!