Louise Redknapp Quotes

I always did feel beautiful when I was pregnant, but I do feel more me when I'm my normal size.

I'm vain. My arms are thin, but I'm vain about loose flesh. And so I'm careful that what I wear will show off my best parts, which are my waist and my butt.

If my shirt's off all the time on national TV, with 20 million people watching, I want to look my best.

People expect you to change when you become a mother, and of course my priorities changed when I had Violet. She's number one in my life and the best thing that ever happened to me, but I still have fun. I am still myself, but that is made out to seem like I am rebelling against motherhood.

There's a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.

I really do feel like I'm in better shape and look better now - even after having three kids - than I did before.

I think when you're a mom and an actor, it forces you to leave any actor neuroses behind and just concentrate on the work.

I am positive - determined to move forward with my life, bring up my babies, and do the best job I can as a mother, entertainer, and person.

I'm constantly on the go and have found rushing round after a new born baby is the best form of exercise! I always remind myself that men appreciate a womanly shape and some curves!

It means a lot to everyone around me that I look good, and I don't think it should have to. I just think I should look the way I do.

I think it's really important for every mother to find their own way.

I've always been aware of the emphasis on beauty in Hollywood, and I think that as one does get older, it can be scary.

I don't always feel sexy even though I have to look it, and I've just learned to go into on-and-off mode. I'm a mom at home, and then I go into work, and it's nice to have that contrast. I see a different person in the mirror when I'm at work with hair and makeup than when I'm home.

This whole motherhood thing has really been, like, back to work from the get-go. It's sort of a balance.

I've been different things in different contexts, and I didn't really feel beautiful until I had my first child. I knew that I was considered 'People' magazine's Most Whatever, but all that stuff is just how we label different groups. And I've been very not beautiful in my life. There's no way I was beautiful growing up.

I really don't think you need to be 40 and have three kids and have a body of an 18-year-old.

I feel better now after two children - I think I look better; I feel better.

A lot of first-time mothers worry about how they will cope. But I'm more patient than I thought I would be even though there are good days and bad days.

I'm not just muscles and headlocks. I need to prove to people that there is an elegant woman in here.

But I'm constantly surprised by the amount of interest in how I look. It's flattering, but a little weird - at the end of the day, I'm a footballer.

I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.

I always had musicians in my band having children, and their wives were the ones at home taking care of the kids. So I never thought much of it. And then suddenly I'm the parent, but I'm the woman, and it's like, 'Ah, what happens now?'

I don't want to alter anything on my body.

I don't think what size I am really matters.

Sometimes it's more tiring being at home with your child than it is being at work! But I thrive on variety, so if you can get a good balance in your life, then I think that's the key.