Quotes by Brooke Shields

Brooke Shields

American actress and model

Lived from: 1965 -

Category: Movie

Born: 31 may 1965

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  • 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.
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  • I'm so adamant that being a really good parent does not mean you have to be there 24/7. I find that I'm never not thinking about where they are, but instead of it stressing me out, it comforts me to know that I'm completely aware of their schedule, and they're with someone I trust.
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  • 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.
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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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  • Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I've ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience.
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.
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  • Smoking... kills you, and if you are killed, you have lost a very important part of your life.
    Testimony at House of Representatives hearings on cigarette advertising, 25 June 1981
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  • Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.
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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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  • The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined.
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  • The older I get, the younger I feel. Growing up, I was always the kid, but I spoke like an adult and was in adult roles. I didn't feel like a kid. The older I get, I actually feel younger! Which is good. I always thought when you get older, you'll want to slow down, but I want to do even more.
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  • The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.
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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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  • 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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  • 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.
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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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  • What Tupperware has stood for all these years is the independence of women, allowing women to work from home, earn a living - and that what this Boys & Girls Clubs of America program, the SMART Girls program, is about.
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