Brooke Shields Quotes
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Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.
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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.
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I just felt as though I would never be happy again, and as if I had fallen into a big black hole.
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Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.
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You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.
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I took my work seriously, but not as a craft. More as a life.
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I'm so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn't understand, she had to explain: 'That's like three Mercedes.' Then I understood.
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My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's.
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I absolutely would categorize myself as one of successful professional females. I think you can be successful and still be extremely present in a healthy life.
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I was always considered the athletic one, and that translated into big. I was the big one. Thankfully, so many more body types are accepted these days. What I've been trying to do, and I'm seeing more now with my girlfriends, too, is celebrate other people.
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You are only as pretty as you are nice and smart.
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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.
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My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.
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There are no dumb male questions. There are dumb males, but not dumb male questions.
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People think of me as a mannequin. All show and no substance.
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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.
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If my jeans could talk, would I be embarrassed?
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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.
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Guys think that if a girl is pretty, she's automatically going to say no. Most of the guy's I've gone out with, I've had to make it completely obvious that I'd like them to ask me out. Or, I've had to ask them.
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Have faith in your own thoughts.
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I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.
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Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in.
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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.
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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.
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Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.
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It's okay to be successful and it's also okay to be happy with your success even though it might not be easy.
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We've been taught, "Deny yourself pleasure." But moderation is harder because it requires really committing to balance. When I tell my trainer I had a glass of wine, he'll say, "Liquid bread!" And I'm like, "Ugh, but it was a nice one." It's a matter of checks and balances. And I finally found out how to set myself up to succeed. But I still need to commit to it. And everything gets exponentially harder the older you are. Fifty is a terrifying number for some people.
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The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.
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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.
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I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didn't breed security. I've gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We don't just 'Bohemian' go out at nine o'clock and go get Chinese food.
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