Top 35 Brooke Shields Quotes

Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.

Depression is so smart – it uses all your references and patterns.

I could never, ever have an abortion.

I always sold other peoples’ fashions, so I wore jeans and t-shirts, and I put on what they needed to sell, and I’d sell it. So as far a nurturing my own style, it took me quite a long time to do it.

I’m so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find that I’m never not thinking about where they are, but instead of it stressing me out, it comforts me to know that I’m completely aware of their schedule, and they’re with someone I trust.

Don’t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

I think I’m going to have to live vicariously through my daughter’s rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

I am a city girl I think, at heart.

I always feel like the odd mom out, because trust me when I tell you I’m on my girls. And every time I am, I know from the outside it looks like I’m an overbearing, controlling parent. But I don’t think we have any responsibility to anybody else but our kids and ourselves.

My father’s death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.

I look back at myself, this innocent person, and I think, ‘Gosh, she’s okay.’ I handled a lot, and I’m still here.

I think once you have children, you just don’t have the same kind of freedom to pick up and go. But then, I sort of think, how often did I really do it? How spontaneous was I really? Part of what I think I miss is this fantasy of my wild days, but they never existed!

People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance.

My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.

What does good in bed mean to me? When I’m sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup – that’s good in bed.

Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I’ve ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience.

We live in New York. To be able to have a steady job and take your kids to school, and be around and work hard, is the perfect life.

I was the first child at four at a modeling agency, so I had an advantage.

I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn’t challenge my family life.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

‘Suddenly Susan’ is my life.

I have bad-mom moments all the time. Sometimes I have the wrong reaction, but I try to remember to pull back and think about it. Even when I make the mistake, I’m able to then go, ‘Oh, okay, let’s do this again.’

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn’t happen.

I’ve never been naturally fashion conscious. I’m the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

From the time I could speak, I knew I wanted to have children. It was just an innate desire.

Have faith in your own thoughts.

The truth is, I like my body more when it’s thinner. I have a range of jeans, and I’m happier in the smaller ones. But I don’t have the same drive to get into those jeans. I’m not going to change my day to get there, whereas I used to.

The older I get, the younger I feel. Growing up, I was always the kid, but I spoke like an adult and was in adult roles. I didn’t feel like a kid. The older I get, I actually feel younger! Which is good. I always thought when you get older, you’ll want to slow down, but I want to do even more.

Everybody says, ‘When you have kids, you really get away from yourself.’ But really, it’s the most selfish thing I’ve ever done. It’s like, Okay, I’m going to create unconditional love for myself, and I’m going to need it and want it and ask for it every day, and I’m going to get it.

Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.

As I’m getting older, I’m enjoying my vices so much more because I feel like I’ve deserved them.

I’m just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it’s so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn’t look at her. I couldn’t hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.