I guess somehow I got a reputation of being able to dance. Uma Thurman More Quotes by Uma Thurman More Quotes From Uma Thurman It's hard sometimes if you think a character should look a certain way and you're being pushed to do it differently. I've had fights over that. That's why it's so important that you work with good people. Uma Thurman fightingcharacterthinking I think actresses are imagined to be these subjects of great vanity. Life is change; physicality changes. It's transient, and that's a beautiful and a painful thing. Uma Thurman vanitybeautifulthinking I used to be more paranoid and stressed, constantly worrying about my Plan B. But the truth is I don't have one. Uma Thurman stressedtruth-isworry I spent the first fourteen years of my life convinced that my looks were hideous. Adolescence is painful for everyone, I know, but mine was plain weird. Uma Thurman teenagerpaininspirational For a writer, they say write what you know. As a performer, you find it in yourself, in your heart. You relate to the character. You try to live it, try to have it be real for you. Uma Thurman realheartwriting I'm an actress and mom, and I probably don't have enough of an active spiritual life. And I don't know why people run around calling themselves by the names of religions when they don't actually practise them. Uma Thurman momspiritualrunning As one does with a first child, I found out that my baby could roll by hearing the sound of her body hit the ground at 4 a.m. and obviously, for any new parent, that is the most horrifying thing that could happen, right? You're exhausted and you take your tiny little baby out and you put them on the bed to change diapers before nursing and you turn around and you discover... my baby can roll! And you think you're going to die. Uma Thurman nursingbabychildren There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything. Uma Thurman ebb-and-flowmeanchildren And I haven't read a lot of blogs but if someone writes about what they care about I'm sure it's interesting. Uma Thurman carewritinginteresting ~You know how parents rattle on to you about, 'Oh, you won't believe your life will never be the same,' and you think, Why can't these people just get over it? All they're doing is yakking about their kids. It's such a bore. And then you have kids and you just want to do the same thing.~ Uma Thurman parentingbelievekids Socially, most people delayed motherhood for five to 10 years around us. Uma Thurman motherhoodpeopleyears I think that life force is invaluable. Uma Thurman invaluableforcethinking I think we are living in a time, where as a whole, as a community, people do want to push the boundaries. Uma Thurman communitypeoplethinking I guess I'm lucky to have been blindsided. I'm lucky to have gotten into fistfights, in a way. I'm lucky I learned how to stop them. Uma Thurman has-beensluckyway Urban women don't breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly. Uma Thurman motherfriendlychildren Reading recent history is good to humble yourself, and also to feel some hopefulness that there is progress. Uma Thurman progressreadinghumble I certainly know I have been blessed with much more empathy than I ever knew I would feel for other people. Uma Thurman empathyblessedpeople Nobody makes a movie about a woman in her mid-30s who wishes she could have met someone to have children with and still doesn't know where to find a date. Uma Thurman metswishchildren I wanted to seem completely invisible but whenever you're saying someone else's words and relaying the story of someone else's life, it's not you. Uma Thurman invisiblestorieswanted Modeling is basically 'Buy more stuff! Don't you want some more stuff? It will make you look ten years younger and men will like you!' If I'd wanted to be a salesperson, I would have got a job selling. Uma Thurman jobsmenyears
