“I was embarrassed that I even wanted to become an actress because coming from L.A., with two older sisters in the business and a mom who had been a ballet dancer, it was such a cliche.” TwoWantedMomActressesDancerBalletEmbarrassedClicheBallet DancerOlder Sister Author:Elizabeth Olsen
“My dad is a director/producer and my mom is a dancer; she performed with Alvin Ailey, but I didn't even think about becoming an actress.” ThinkingMomBecomingDadDirectorsMy DadMy MomActressesProducersDancer Author:Sanaa Lathan
“It's about getting the kids up and fed, getting one to school, getting the other down for a nap, going to the grocery store, picking one up from school, getting the other one down for another nap, cooking dinner... I live my life at these two extremes. I'm either a full-time stay-at-home mom or a full-time actress.” TwoHomeKidsSchoolMomCookingExtremesDinnerActressesStoresFedsLiving My LifeGroceriesNapsGrocery StoresStay At HomeI Live My LifeTwo ExtremesStay At Home MomCooking Dinner Author:Jennifer Garner
“My nana was an actress, my mom was an actress, and my sister, too. So because I was surrounded by it, it really came naturally.” MomMy MomActressesMy Sister Author:Chris Pine
“I became an actress because my mom wanted me to become an actress. It took me until my mid-30s to realize I actually didn’t. I actually wanted to write and direct and be more involved in politics and humanitarian issues.” WritingWantedRealizingIssuesMomInvolvedDirectMy MomHumanitarianActresses Author:Angelina Jolie
“I'm an actress and I want to act, and I'm a mom and I want to be with my kids, and it's trying to find a way to do both.” WayWantTryingKidsMomActresses Author:Julianne Nicholson
“My mom (Kate McCauley) is an actress, so I guess she's the one that taught me it was a possibility. For as long as I can remember, I've always played make-believe ... It's something that I've always done, that I've always been comfortable doing.” BelieveLongI CanDoneRememberPossibilityTaughtMomComfortableMy MomActressesKateMake Believe Author:Anne Hathaway
“My first big acting performance was in the Marilyn Monroe biography piece, and it required frontal nudity. I talked to Mira Sorvino, my co-star, about how nervous I was because I didn't know how my mom would react. She said, 'Can I be completely honest with you? I've seen your mom in interviews, and she seems pretty screwed up. I don't think there's much you could do to shock a broad like that.' And from that moment on it was big nipples to the wind!” ThinkingKnowsFirstsSaidMomentsBigsSeemsStarsActingKnow HowPiecesHonestWindMomPerformancesMy MomActressesNakedNervousCinemaInterviewsShockThat MomentBroadsBiographiesShockingYour MomNudityScrewed UpNipples Author:Ashley Judd
“I used to do plays and some television commercials when I was younger. I guess my mom's being an actress got me interested in that, but music definitely took its place.” PlayUsedTelevisionMomMy MomActressesTelevision Commercials Author:Lenny Kravitz
“My mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close.” KindMadeKidsWantedActingMomMy MomActresses Author:Stephen Colbert
“I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them.” PeopleKnowsEnoughRunningSpiritualNamesMomCallingActiveActressesSpiritual LifePractise Author:Uma Thurman
“Suddenly you're the mom, or you go from ... You're not an ingénue, you don't want to play an ingénue, but it's like that line in The First Wives Club [1996]: "There are only three ages for women in Hollywood: babe, district attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy."” WantFirstsPlayAgeThreeLinesActingWifeMissingMomHollywoodClubsActressesDrivingCinemaAttorneyBabeDaisies Author:Winona Ryder
“So I went home and I told my mom that I wanted to quit and be an actress and she said, “Huh, that sounds fascinating. It’s wonderful!” And I told my father and he literally said, “I don’t care if you want to be an elephant trainer if it makes you happy.”” IfsWantSaidHomeCareWantedFatherSoundLaughingWonderfulMomDon't CareMy MomActressesQuittingI Don't CareFascinatingElephantsMake You HappyTrainers Author:Gena Rowlands
“I grew up as an only child, and my mother was a single mom. It's always been "us." If it weren't for her nurturing and guiding my artistic talents at a young age, I don't think I'd be a professional actress and performer today.” IfsThinkingChildrenAgeTodayYoungMotherTalentGrewMomGrew UpActressesArtisticPerformersYoung AgeNurturingSingle MomOnly ChildArtistic Talent Author:Edwina Findley
“Dad and Mom were frustrated artists - Dad wanted to study engineering or architecture and Mom wanted to be an actress - but the world was a different place when they were young so Dad became a public works foreman and Mom became a stay-at-home mom. When I said I wanted to be a writer, they were thrilled. They did everything in their power to support me.” WorldSaidDifferentHomeWantedYoungArtistSupportStudyMomDadActressesArchitectureEngineeringFrustratedDifferent PlaceStay At HomeSupport MeStay At Home Mom Author:Eden Robinson
“After the last screening [of "Selling Isobel" ] an 18-year-old girl came up to me and said, "Oh my God, I'm so naïve." I said, "No, you're not, you're just young." And she's so grateful for having seen it, because she's an actress and from now on she's going to take a friend with her to auditions and let her mom know exactly where she's going. That's a job done right there.” KnowsYearsSaidDoneJobsLastsYoungGirlMomGratefulActressesSellingAuditionsScreeningSo Grateful Author:Frida Farrell
“My mom's a nurse so I'd kind of grown up with, around medicine which is probably why I became an actress instead.” KindMomMedicineMy MomActressesNurse Author:Rachel McAdams
“I would never date or marry an actress. I will marry the girl of my mom's choice.” ChoicesGirlMomMy MomActresses Author:Suresh Raina
“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.” ThinkingChildrenMotivationalMotherFamilyBabyMomMy MomMotherhoodActressesMumMothers DayBeing AloneBeing A MomYour MomBeing A MotherMotheringHappy Mothers DayMother LoveThink TwiceMother's LoveBest MotherMummyMother And ChildYour MumGreat MotherInspirational MothersMother ProverbsMothers Day InspirationalInspirational MotherhoodMother ChildLove For My MotherGood Happy Mothers DayJust A MomInspiring MotherhoodMothers Day MessagesFunny MotherhoodShort Mothers DayGreat MomMother CareHappy Mothers Day TextMother FlowerLove Your MotherMom Knows BestInspirational MomMom And ChildGreatest MomJoys Of MotherhoodGreatest Mothers DayMotherhood And LoveGood Mothers Day CardsLove Being A MomI Love Being A MomMother Son InspirationalSpecial MotherWonderful MotherBeing A Single MomMaa Author:Sophia Loren