Quotes About Family

Me and my mum didn't see eye-to-eye for a lot of years, and I've never really felt connected with my dad, because he wasn't there.

I was born in Middletown, Connecticut, while my dad was getting his Ph.D. in ethnomusicology and anthropology at Wesleyan University.

It was different being in a billet home, living with other families. At first, I was really shy, but then when you start connecting and talking to your family, you develop a bond with them and they make it easier for you.

For me, there is a strong family connection to Boston and anything connected to Boston, which includes Fenway.

Because I see my own boys growing, and I see other children growing and I just have such a connection.

What I do, it's part of my job, but you want to bring your kids up the right way and give them everything - to be there for them and have that connection.

I don't come from a Hollywood family. I don't have Hollywood friends. I didn't have any connections.

I just longed for certain connections and attachments with another person that I really lacked, I believe, growing up.

After I got all the love and support from my family then I knew I could go out and conquer the world, I guess.

You can't be a conqueror in your own home.

I know what having kids is like, and my kids are lovely, conscientious, and amazing.

My dad is very environmentally conscious, and so I've always been close to nature.

When you have responsible children, half the battle is over. So, you don't have to worry. But you are concerned. The concern will never go, and you'll always be conscious about them.

I made a conscious decision after I did 'The Duchess of Malfi' at the Old Vic in 2012, when my daughter was six months old, to try doing more screen work.

I made the conscious decision to not have kids, and I didn't want to be married.

When you decide to come on to 'The Bachelor' or 'The Bachelorette,' you make a conscious decision to share your journey. But what people sometimes forget is our families don't necessarily make that same choice. They aren't the ones who sign up for this experience.

My family, my mom in particular, got so much love and appreciation from the audience. As a consequence, I have also got some of that love. I now have to work doubly hard to prove that I deserve it, on my own, also.

You know, that, with every choice you make there are consequences. And so if you have an amazing husband and you have a child, you go outside that marriage and outside that relationship, there are consequences that follow.

While I loved my family, I would always have this association with my father. I would always be coming up against that conservatism. It was just liberating to be in London.

I come from a very conservative background.

I think my parents see my life now as very conservative.

The people that I surround myself with now and my family, they are the key to my success.

We try to surround ourselves with love and light. You have to be there for each other. As a family, we are trying to make sure everything Dad worked so hard for carries on into the future.

I surround myself with people that are supportive of our insane family dynamic, and I savor every minute of every day I have at home with my family.