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It's complicated coming from a culture where to be a mother is more important than to have a career.

Being a mother is complicated because it's not just a paternal culture making demands on you; it's those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.

I think mothers get a raw deal in American culture, so I've been defending them. I have three daughters, and I know that as they become mothers, they got a lot more gentle towards me!

There's a lot more to being a woman than being a mother, but there's a hell of a lot more to being a mother than most people suspect.

The most important experience for learning to be a mother is your own mom's experience.

To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.

It takes as much discipline to be a mother and a wife as it does to do anything else.

There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.

Any woman knows that it takes two people to be a good parent.

I think we are not yet well aware that, unfortunately, we have a short time to be moms. This is not to suggest that we should rush to have children or do it in a crazy way. I think that's the most important decision of a woman's life.