We never left a set until we'd trashed it. Uma Thurman More Quotes by Uma Thurman More Quotes From Uma Thurman I never ever slept again after my first pregnancy. Uma Thurman first-pregnancy pregnancy firsts Even, today, when people tell me I'm beautiful, I do not believe a word of it. Uma Thurman beautiful believe people Motherhood definitely took the focus off of my work. And I didn't mind. I had a few panics when I thought that if I wanted to work I couldn't get a job anymore and then I would get one once in a while and it would make me feel better. Uma Thurman motherhood mom jobs You know what daring really is to me? It's maybe much more simple: the willingness to get up and try it again. It's not about whether or not you fall down, it's how you get back up. And I've taken quite a few tumbles, myself. Uma Thurman taken simple fall I'm very happy at home. I love to just hang out with my daughter, I love to work in my garden. I'm not a gaping hole of need. Uma Thurman daughter mother home My washing machine overwhelms me with its options and its sophistication. Uma Thurman washing-machines sophistication machines I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment. Uma Thurman buddhist grew environment When I was first going through my separation, someone said to me, 'It will take you half as long as you were in the relationship before you'll feel better.' And I wanted to knock them out cold across the table. Because, of course, I was in agony. And the last thing I wanted to think was that I was going to stay that way for a long time. Uma Thurman feel-better breakup thinking It's one of the things that weirdly I always used to like about my job: that expressing the emotions of a writer or someone creative and breathing empathy and life into a character people can then identify with, that they'd feel less alone. Uma Thurman breathing jobs character So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life. Uma Thurman best-experiences intimate parenting Life sweeps you up. Some people resist a lot. I probably haven't resisted very much. Uma Thurman havens people More than just romantic comedy, I like romances: drama romance, romance comedy, comedy romance. I also go to the movies to escape. There are times when you go to learn, when you go to be moved, you go to be transported, and there are really times when you go to escape. And I personally escape more happily into a romance than I do violent movies. Uma Thurman romance comedy drama If you're not ready to be in a relationship, going out with someone much younger than you is probably a great idea, because you both can have a decent experience and hopefully nobody will end up feeling cheated when it ends. Uma Thurman going-out feelings ideas I'm lucky to have been raised in the most beautiful place - Amherst, Massachusetts, state of my heart. I'm more patriotic to Massachusetts than to almost any place. Uma Thurman patriotic heart beautiful I was not particularly bright, I wasn't very athletic, I was a little too tall, odd, funny looking, I was just really weird as a kid. Uma Thurman athletic littles kids On a fundamental level - I know so many women in their 30s who didn't get married, or they did and it didn't work out, or they didn't have children because they were trying to get their careers going, or because they were expected to be independent, plus have a family. They didn't feel secure enough. Uma Thurman independent careers children But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else. Uma Thurman difficult expectations thinking The argument about marriage equality will one day seem as arcane and shocking to us as the fact that Rosa Parks had to get up and go to the back of the bus. Uma Thurman parks one-day facts We're in an environment where everyone gets compartmentalized very quickly. Uma Thurman environment 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 fighting character thinking
