Quotes About Family

I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids.

I don't leave home to go help other people live if I'm not modeling that in our home setting.

My mom was a model. She met my dad when he was building the Ritz-Carlton in Colorado and she was modeling there. Although we were very blessed, my parents never wanted us to believe we didn't have to work. They didn't want us to think that our situation would get us through life.

I have my family, which is my main thing; the organization; a modeling career. All these things are important, but family definitely comes first.

I love modeling, and I missed fashion and my friends and family in fashion and the creativity that I'm able to express through it. I didn't feel I was getting enough of that through my acting.

My parents raised me to put school first and modeling and extracurriculars second.

My parents are definitely my biggest role models.

I was lucky to have a bunch of really strong female role models in my family.

My parents are good role models because they've worked hard and gave me a happy childhood.

I wasn't against becoming a dad: I'd had a good childhood, as childhoods go, and as role models, my imperfect parents were as good as or better than most.

As I've gotten older, I've realized my true models are my parents. My mom is like a sheroe. My dad is so strong.

Role models should be people that you know. Like your mum.

All the adults in my family were actors, so there wasn't much else in terms of role models. I fell in love with that world, being backstage at the theatre.

As for my role models... you know, I'm an immigrant, so we didn't grow up with too much TV. My parents were like, 'You must read your books.'

While the kids are little, I want to maintain a job, keep a roof over their heads, and make them proud. I want them to have good female role models in their life.

A loving family matters. So do male role models.

Growing up, I lived a moderate lifestyle with my family.

I like Costco. They got me to be an executive member, so I'm, like, a business class member. Somehow, I'm going to end up saving money or something. The thing is, I don't moderate very well, so I buy things that are supposed to be for a family or last for a week, but they never do.

I used to call my grandmother 'Nana,' so that seems right to me, but maybe I'll just be 'Jade', in that modern way.

Family life is fragmenting in this modern age, but it's up to all of us to keep it together.

I grew up in a very modest home. We grew a lot of our food in our backyard. We fished; my brothers hunted.

I wanted to escape so badly. But of course I knew I couldn't just give up and leave school. It was only when I heard my mom's voice that I came out of my hiding place.

When I was really young, my mom enrolled me in dance classes.

This is the hardest job I've ever had, being a mom, but it's the most rewarding job I've ever had.