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You're raised to think being a mother is an inevitable step in your development but you start to ask yourself questions, because not every woman does want to have children.

One job I did turn down was 'How I Met Your Mother.' My character was 'creepy gay guy.' That was the character. The script said, 'Creepy gay guy gets in elevator every day with Jason Segel character and he's just being creepy.'

My family still lives in Chicago: my mother, my sister, my nephew, my family is there. So even though I am not living there, I feel very close to it, and I visit very often.

I was brought up by two women: my mother and my grandmother.

I was the oldest of five children, each about a year apart, and my mother, bless her heart, had her hands full.

My mother, my relatives, and closest friends have risked their lives in the area of law enforcement and corrections, so I never have and never will say, 'I hate police.'

My mam worked for 41 years. She was a single working mother. I think I always had that mentality of you can do everything. You can have your kid. You can be a good mother. You can work. She was very independent.

My mother was a proud and capable woman. She was among the first class of college graduates after China's Cultural Revolution, then immigrated to the U.S. by herself.

My mother cleaned hotel rooms and worked in a video store. My father delivered newspapers and washed dishes in restaurants.

The border crossing is the most dangerous moment for anyone attempting to escape. But my brother and mother had been waved off by every armed border guard along that stretch of the river.

My mother is extremely interested in everything esoteric.

I grew up with a tribe of amazing women, but certainly my mother and my godmother really modeled women as actors.

As a mother of four and a small business owner, I know it takes discipline and tough choices to balance a budget.

I grew up with a mother who always had every fashion magazine stacked up on the side of her bed. When I was really young, I'd lie in bed with her, and we'd look at the magazines.

My mother always wanted to give back.

The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao; the name that can be named is not the eternal name. The Nameless is the origin of Heaven and Earth; the Named is the mother of all things.

My mother was a fun-lover. Everything had to be pleasure.

It is because of the Affordable Care Act that my own mother was able to get the consistent health care coverage she needed. My family is not an anomaly. This landmark legislation has changed the lives of millions of people across our country and shown us how government can be a force for good in people's lives.

I'm from a musical family. My father, Pashupati Bhattacharjee, was a great classical singer. My mother, sister, everybody was in music, and I grew up in music.

I don't need any particular day to tell my mother I love her.

For me, playing a mother was a point of resistance; the question of 'will I get typecast' was going on in my mind.