Quotes By Brooke Shields

Don't waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

'Suddenly Susan' is my life.

I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

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.

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.

I have always liked lionesses. Female lions have always seemed like the best. They were really strong and took care of their babies and are beautiful.

Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.

Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that's very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.

I'm a hands-on mum and I'm lucky to be able to be that. I can remember the things my mum used to do with me and that time together is so important.

You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

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.

I could never, ever have an abortion.

I've never been naturally fashion conscious. I'm the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

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.

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.

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.

Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in.

Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion.

The thing I'm the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I'm fabulous.

I am a city girl I think, at heart.

Have faith in your own thoughts.

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.

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.

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.