Running was the first thing I discovered that I was any good at. Julie Bowen More Quotes by Julie Bowen More Quotes From Julie Bowen Kids think the world is about them, so if you forgot to put the right flavor yogurt in their lunch, and they have too much homework when they come home, they're like, "You know I hate peach!" There's a part of me that's like, "I'm so sorry. I could have shown my love more." Julie Bowen hate sorry home I tell my kids, "Look, your life is a video game, and I have to get you from level zero to 18 as an independent person with all your skills and limbs intact. Every time you hit your brother or throw food, you're taking us all back." Julie Bowen zero brother kids I discovered on school days, when they've got to get up at 6:30, they won't get out of bed. But on the weekends, they were up at 6 a.m. I was like, "Why do you guys wake up so early on the weekends?" It's like, "Because I wake up and I think, Is it a TV day? And if it is..." So we had to change that rule. I'm like, "Thank you for telling me what I need to do." Julie Bowen weekend school thinking We can't have iPads until after 7 p.m. Otherwise the entire day is, "iPad time? What about now?" It makes me crazy. And no TV on weekend mornings. Julie Bowen weekend crazy morning We make them [kids] earn the stuff they want. They're not going to play with their iPad today unless they do their chores. Julie Bowen ipads play kids How many times can you say, "No yanking on one another's genitals?" Everything is hilarious until someone starts crying. Julie Bowen cry We've had four or five casts in three years. There was a point when I thought the Department of Children and Family Services was going to show up at my door! Julie Bowen doors children years I'm in total celebrity denial in general, but there's awareness that probably if somebody has met you, they might go and tell somebody. I just would rather have the word on the street stay at a neutral, not like, "She shows up in a ball gown," but "She seemed nice." That's fine. Julie Bowen gowns balls nice I'm most certainly not the Beatles. Julie Bowen I think it's pretty common for people to get excited when they meet somebody that they know from the media. Julie Bowen media people thinking I frequently do drive carpool in the clothes I slept in, because it's impossible to get three children out the door with lunches packed and all that stuff and have a do. Julie Bowen lunch doors children I count myself lucky to be fairly anonymous but occasionally have people tell me nice things. Julie Bowen lucky nice people I'm incredibly lucky. Julie Bowen incredibly lucky I met Clinton at a benefit for teachers, which was a very good charity, but I met him for about 90 seconds, and I thought it was important to meet the leader of the free world. So I stood next to him for a photograph, and then apparently that's all it takes. Julie Bowen teachers good leader world I haven't really had that many opportunities to play 'lead' so I guess I jumped at the chance. I have also never done any 'sci-fi' projects and thought it might be fun. Julie Bowen never thought chance fun I've loved doing 'E.R.' for the quality of the writing and the great people I get to work with. Julie Bowen great quality work people I play a scientist in a futuristic world in which 99% of the men have been wiped out. As a result, the women are nearly all homosexuals and the children are cloned. Julie Bowen women men children world I have a big mouth. Julie Bowen big-mouth mouth big It was harder to get my driver's license than to get pregnant and give birth. Julie Bowen driver give get birth People always tell me I have a lot of guy energy. Julie Bowen me always energy people