Top 50 Asher Keddie Quotes

At the time I became a parent, I was taking on a more active creative role in my industry.

I was a happy woman before I was married with children in my life, and had many great challenges.

Although I’d spent many years of dreaming of being applauded for my work and recognized… once it happened I didn’t quite know how to sit in it comfortably. I almost lamented it for a little while.

Channel Ten is extremely proud of ‘Offspring’ and could not be more supportive of us.

We have a producer who is incredibly supportive and ‘wants’ us to have babies, if that is our choice, so that is all due to our show’s producer, Imogen Banks. I don’t really feel like I have lot of challenges as a female actor in that kind of way.

I have as many foibles, challenges, shortcomings and struggles as anybody else.

You do change when you have the responsibility of caring for children.

I like the thrill of not knowing what’s happening.

I’m mortified when I see 20-year-old girls changing the shapes of their faces or plumping their lips out or their cheeks.

There’s a lot of levity to ‘Offspring’ and I just love that the costumes reflect that.

I’m probably infuriating to work with, particularly in ‘Offspring,’ because I’m in pretty much every scene so I need the other actors around me to be able to pull of the spontaneity of that character.

I certainly have respect for the Logies.

I don’t wear anything that I don’t like.

I think I was very much a late bloomer.

When things come to an end in drama, I’m usually ready to walk away and keep walking.

I won’t demonstrate how I yell ‘Go Pies!’ because my children nearly have a heart-attack when it comes out. It’s the one time that I’m really noisy! I’ve never said that to anyone before – no one even knows I’m a Pies supporter.

I think there’s been a big psychological shift in people my age raising children. The world that they are growing into requires a different style of parenting.

Confidence is vital to pushing creativity and creating a point of difference.

I spend time reminding myself of all the many blessings in my life. It’s not hard for me to re-focus positively. I also acknowledge the difficult times in my life and how, with courage, I have moved through them.

I’m really proud of the roles that I’ve played and pushing myself to be brave enough to play them.

I would like to work anywhere, whether it is the U.S., the U.K., Canada, or Europe.

I’ve never been quite sure what the Gold Logie means – and I’m not being facetious about that. I hope it means people have been enjoying my work in the projects that I have been committed to in the past two years.

I must admit that as I get older I certainly don’t feel as afraid as I used to be of what people think.

No matter what the time of day, I always make time to be with my horses. They ground me and insist I keep it real.

There are certain vulnerabilities as a mother that you sometimes try to tackle privately and don’t find as much strength as you quote ‘like.’

When you are lacking in confidence, the last thing you want to do is perform.

I didn’t train to be an actor.

I’m not second-guessing myself as much as I used to, and I’m not second-guessing the people in my life as much as I used to.

There are two sides to every story and I think it has been easy for us culturally to persecute the scorned woman and the actions she takes in response to being betrayed.

I am physically fit and I have a lot of stamina. It’s because on the farm I am up at 6 A. M. doing chores. You will find me out in the paddocks, feeding the animals and picking up poo.

Where I live, I am surrounded by fresh, organic food, so I eat really well.

It’s not lost on me just how fortunate I am to have such generous, supportive people around me, including the wonderful ‘Offspring’ family.

And I think ‘Offspring’ has given me that opportunity to really appreciate the audience and want to entertain them and make it the best drama I can.

Life when I’m not shooting is always about the kids, there’s no doubt.

Maybe it’s becoming a mum and beginning a family. I feel like a different kind of confidence is starting to come.

There are so many hard-wired ideas we’ve grown up with that we’re now realizing are unacceptable.

My sister and I were very adventurous. We’d play in the park across the road in our imaginary tree house for hours on end and come home on our bikes when it was dark.

We really just fit our work in and around the family’s needs. I’m not juggling it all brilliantly, I’m doing my best.

Is that what we think of women when they have a baby? That they’re nurturing and warm, but if they haven’t got children they aren’t? I find that really offensive.

It’s interesting the whole Kardashian thing with ‘Offspring’ because really my choices – with my costume designer – for every single episode are based on the emotional journey of that episode for the character.

It’s been a little bit more of an internal struggle to find the confidence to own my ideas.

I’ve had the most fantastic time working with a baby on set because you just never know what you’re going to get. The challenge of that is wonderful as an actress.

I’ve really loved being pregnant on set – it’s been terrific.

I don’t think, ‘Oh gosh, I won’t be quite there and I won’t be as successful as I want to be unless I’m juggling a couple of kids, a marriage and a career.’

We shouldn’t expect women to have it all and manage it all and I certainly don’t want to be portrayed in that way – I think it’s a very negative message to send women.

Awards nights are a part of our modern culture; they’re part of what we do.

I have a beautiful stepson in my life who lives with us and I am eternally grateful that he’s come into my life, I just adore him.

Through my 20s, acting was the be all and end all, and I ended up feeling strung out.

I often have 15 to 16 hour days and I have two young children, both with different needs at seven years and 16 months.

We’re getting bolder with our drama and we’re allowing women to be unapologetic about their ambitions in a professional sense, and also about their vulnerability as mothers and lovers.