Patricia Heaton Professions : Actress Born : March 4, 1958 Browse All Authors Top 56 quotes by Patricia Heaton My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that. Patricia Heaton law mother hands It's hard enough to work and raise a family when your kids are all healthy and relatively normal, but when you add on some kind of disability or disease, it can just be such a burden. Patricia Heaton parenting healthy kids It's a little bit in the genes because my brother is a journalist and my father was a sports writer. Patricia Heaton brother sports father Before we had the kids, my husband and I were traveling a lot and working and really enjoying our lives and each other. We both love the theater and books and travel and so we were really having a lot of fun. Patricia Heaton husband fun travel We did an episode where she goes out to get a job and she gets fired because she's not good. They hire a babysitter to help out and she finds out she hates the fact that the kids have more fun with the sitter than her. Patricia Heaton hate fun jobs Some people are cool with the fact that their bodies bear witness to this great thing they produced, their children, and I understand that. But on a personal level, it makes me feel better that my breasts are not down to my knees when I'm undressed in front of my husband. Patricia Heaton feel-better husband children Home life is a foreign environment for most guys. So it's natural to show them being idiots at home. Patricia Heaton idiot guy home I just don't know a couple that's been married more than three years that doesn't annoy the heck out of each other every 15 minutes. Patricia Heaton annoyed couple years Frankly, most of my friends hold very different political beliefs. It's just a funny thing in this country that supposedly you can't sit down and have dinner and enjoy another person's company if you don't have the same beliefs. It's ridiculous. Patricia Heaton funny-things political country I'm always dissing Ray and making fun of him, talking about his money. Patricia Heaton rays fun talking True love, and what it is, and how do you know what it is. Is it just chemistry, or is it years and years of commitment and being together and hanging in there building a history? And how do you find both? Patricia Heaton together commitment years I had four C-sections and my stomach looked like the map of the world. My breasts were hanging down to here from breastfeeding those babies, and my nipples were like platters. I wanted to fit into the gowns that I finally got to wear. Patricia Heaton gowns breastfeeding baby Men are very competent in their workplace - and this is going to sound sexist - women are better at running households and juggling lots of things, kids and scheduling and that kind of thing. Patricia Heaton running men kids I was not an easy kid. Patricia Heaton easy kids This is the other thing: we make the cost of raising kids higher than it has to be just because we feel they need all this stuff, like gadgets, certain schools, and activities that are nice but aren't really necessary. Patricia Heaton nice kids school I felt totally released from the need to make it as an actress. I had experienced complete fulfillment in something that had nothing to do with me being in the spotlight. Patricia Heaton spotlight actresses needs Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him. Patricia Heaton acknowledge-him hug taken You kind of think people get sick of you after a while, but apparently not. Patricia Heaton sick people thinking When it comes to accepting emotional support or affection, I'm a little guarded and hardened to that. Patricia Heaton support emotional littles I don't remember my mother ever playing with me. And she was a perfectly good mother. But she had to do the laundry and clean the house and do the grocery shopping. Patricia Heaton perfectly-good shopping mother Similar Authors Beatrice Lillie actress Adepero Oduye actress Adrienne Barbeau actress Bindu actress Alexandra Breckenridge actress Bojana Novakovic actress All Authors