Brooke Shields's Quotes

We live in New York. To be able to have a steady job and take your kids to school, and be around and work hard, is the perfect life.

You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.

What does good in bed mean to me? When I'm sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that's good in bed.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.

I'm just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it's so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.

I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.

I've never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I've found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength.

It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles.

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

My father's death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn't happen.

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.

Have faith in your own thoughts.

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.