I don't beat myself up any more about going to work. It doesn't mean I'm being a bad mother just because I want to go and do my job sometimes.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the importance of balancing work and motherhood without guilt.
Kate Winslet expresses a profound understanding that pursuing a career does not undermine her role as a mother. She advocates for the idea that mothers can have fulfilling professional lives without feeling guilty for not being constantly present at home, thus promoting a healthier perspective on work-life balance.
In practice
During a panel discussion on work-life balance, I shared the quote to illustrate the importance of not feeling guilty about pursuing a career.
As a child, I never heard one woman say to me, "I love my body". Not my mother, my elder sister, my best friend. No one woman has ever said, "I am so proud of my body." So I make sure to say it to Mia , because a positive physical outlook has to start at an early age.
What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?'
Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career
I think there's a lot of pressure on young people to really be the thing that everyone is telling them that they are, opposed to discovering it for themselves.
I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that. And for my daughter, I want to be able to say to her, 'I love this.'
A sister they had, Galadriel, most beautiful of all the house of FinwΓ«; her hair was lit with gold as though it had caught in a mesh the radiance of Laurelin.
There are two things children should get from their parents: roots and wings.
A house is built of logs and stone, of tiles and posts and piers; a home is built of loving deeds that stand a thousand years.
I knew it was going to be the most extraordinary thing in my life, but how powerful it is, you can never know until you have a baby.
There will come a day, I promise you, when the thought of your son, or daughter, or your wife or your husband, brings a smile to your lips before it brings a tear to your eye. It will happen. My prayer for you is that day will come sooner than later.
No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
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