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Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.

The way Hollywood portrays mothers - you're either all good and saint-like, or you're all bad. And I think the real honesty of motherhood is not given a voice in movies. I miss that as an audience member.

Being a mother adds another emotional dimension, a feel for children that I didn't have before I had one. They were a pain before.

I feel being an actress is probably not half as difficult as being a mother, and I do not know when I will be ready for that kind of a decision.

I get more fulfilment from being a father than I do from being an actor.

I think men and women are the same. Even as parents, I think we're the same. We're just conditioned to think that we're different. Having said that, it's true that motherhood is a particularly vulnerable area. It's an open wound, really. A woman is exposed to being turned into a different kind of person by the experience of motherhood.

Becoming a mother has helped make me a tougher, stronger writer.

Of all the roles I've played, none has been as fulfilling as being a mother.

When you become a mother, you think less about yourself and care more about the world.

I am doing what I love; acting is what I love best after being a mother.