Quotes About Balance

You can't have your kayak and heat it.

I just think dieting is something that is run by a billion dollar - a multi-billion dollar - industry that isn't always looking out for your heath. There's healthy ways to do it.

Most of us want to have enough... good works to get into heaven, but enough bad works to be fun.

You've got to break through this idea of being light as a ballerina. The heavier you'll feel, the lighter you'll look.

Sometimes, I would love to record a super-quiet album, but for some reason, I never really got to that because my heart lies with the heavy stuff.

I want to keep my voice young, with nothing heavy.

When I get home from a heavy work day, I make sure I get outside with the kids. I don't think there's any better cure than being active as a family outside.

When an artiste says that, after two heavy films, let me do a light one, somewhere they want to balance it out for the audience, not for themselves.

There are atheists and Christians, and there are people in both groups who are a little too heavy-handed.

I didn't know how this would play out when I was a kid. I knew I wanted to play ball, be a paleontologist, and write poetry. I thought, 'Heck, where will I find the time? Well, football comes first, and I'll just find some time for poetry, and paleontology can come at the end.' I made this plan at 14, and dang, it's all coming together.

With our hectic lives, a dose of comedy is a must.

I am addicted to my son and can't remain so long without him as I knew shooting schedules are really hectic.

I want to be able to live in a way that isn't too hectic. Calm. And I want those around me to be sublimely happy as well.

So, the idea of being a star on MTV and all that never really appealed to me. It makes life hectic.

Being a mom is hard, but I don't want people to feel like they always have to go straight to the TV dinner or go to the fast food because you have a busy, hectic life.

I learned a lesson which I didn't heed: Don't put yourself in your movies. It's too much.

I love a cute work-to-play heel.

I'm either in heels or barefoot.

I can't walk in heels at all.

When you're walking in heels in a long dress, you're bound to fall at some point.

The subject and the reality of having children came at the height of my career.

My most firmly held value is what Albert Schweitzer termed 'reverence for life.' I take this seriously; many would say that because I extend it to nonhumans, I take it too far.

I am not a helicopter mother.

It's a good idea to have friends both in Heaven and in Hell.