"I'm so lucky to have care for my child at work. It's hard when you have kids and you're working. I want to go to every big corporation and say, 'You must have daycare!'. When I go to work I get to bring my son, but not all working mothers do and I don't know how they do it."

"I still feel desperately sad when I don't win a role. When you're able to identify your passions, then your child will be able to identify hers. It's a great template."  Cookie Magazine, August 2008.

“It’s challenging. It’s kind of a ‘one day at a time’ thing, to tell you the truth. It’s actually become harder as the years have gone by, rather than easier, probably because I see the time slipping by. My daughter has only two more years at home. You’re like, ‘Should I be here, or should I be there?’ You’re constantly asking yourself, ‘Have I done the right thing or have I done the wrong thing?’ And what I always come back to is I know it’s right because I don’t think I would be here if it wasn’t, and I don’t think it would be as much of a success if it wasn’t the right thing . . . But everyone in America has trouble balancing, you know? You not only have to be successful, you have to be a good mother. You have to be a good sister. You have to be a good friend. And if you’re a man, you have to be strong but you have to be vulnerable. You have to be able to bring home the money, and you don’t want to take money from your wife. But what if it doesn’t work out that way? It’s such a balancing act for everybody. Many people have to work two jobs so they’re never home with their kids at all. So when I’m not working, I’m home with them all the time.”

"[on the writers' strike] I worked out three times. Well, I went to the gym three times, but I only worked out two of the three times. One other time I used the bathroom. Actually, I spent the whole time with my kid, which was nice. It was like the maternity leave I never got. She is now able to pick me up out of a lineup of four or five women."

It's hard as a woman to be working so much all the time and out in the world and then also really wanting to be a mother and wanting to do all those things around the house for your child. It's really overwhelming, especially when your child is young. My dream my whole life was to be a mother, not to have a career or be famous. I love my job and care a lot about what I do and I get a lot of pleasure from acting, but I want to be able to be home and be [Milo's] mother. I don't want somebody else raising him.

"As a working mother, the last thing on my mind when I'm trying to get my son out the door and to school on time is how I look. I still love clothes, but they just don't fit into my life the way they used to. For work, I get to dress up and somebody does my hair and makeup, and its like a little holiday for a few hours. But for everyday, it would be foolish to spend more time on my outfit than I do on my son."

"There's no secret when it comes to juggling this career and motherhood.? At the end of the day, I just throw my feet up on the couch and say, 'God, that was a long day! But somehow it all worked.'? There are days when everyone is fussy, fighting and late.? Gracie has long hair, and sometimes it's such a fight to brush it in the morning and get her ready for school.? But I think about the days when she'll be too big and tall.? She won't ever let me brush her hair then, so I enjoy the little moments now even though they're not perfect." (What They Know About Parenting, Jill Kramer)

"I look back on having to give up my job, and now I think that was a gift. As a journalist, I was always asking other people questions. But when you turn the questions on yourself, you have to start writing your own life. . . I don't carry just the Kennedy legacy; I carry the Shriver legacy and my husband's legacy. But at some point you say, 'You know what? I need to have a shot at living my own life.' It's my turn. " (More Magazine, May 2008)

"I really don't work that much. I try to limit the amount of films I do to one a year. Children are like this great equalizer. It doesn't matter how great you think you are, you're just a mom. It's wonderful and actually really inspiring to me. I want to do good work, because I love what I do, but it also helps me not to do work I don't feel inspired by, because I'd rather be with

my children if I can." Source Star Magazine.