Patricia Heaton Quotes

I work six months and get three or four with the family.

I have a child and I don't want to be at work all the time when he's small. I want to spend time with him.

I do consider how I spend my time off carefully because I've got two kids.

I wanted to stay on TV because I've got kids who are school-aged, so I get to see them most days as opposed to going away for movies months and months at a time.

It's been pretty wild, but the teaching schedule is a pretty awesome fit for wrestling. No weekends, all summer, and plenty of sick time.

Any job I choose has to work with my schedule with my kids. I don't want to miss any of my time with them.

If you're working in theatre, you have all your days to spend with your children.

I'm off at least three or four days a week, so it's a perfect job, really.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.

I really pulled back on my career when the kids were young and my husband and I made a pact never to work while the other one was.

I'm usually done with work around 11am, so I have time before I pick the kids up from school.

At this point in my life, I like the security of a job, while still having time for my young son and to pursue other creative work.

You'll never see me working five days a week again.

Ellen Galinsky's surveys at the Families and Work Institute pointed to a desirable norm for many parents for working not full-time, but part-time. And I get that. I mean, Norway has a 35-hour work week. That counts as part-time for us in the United States, you know. And Norway's doing well, by the way.

A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.

The good thing about being an actress is that it's very children-friendly. I can work for three months, and then I can have six months off.

If you want to spend weekends with your family, something's got to give.

I left 'Coronation Street' so I could spend more time with the kids because it was difficult getting a work life balance.

I dont work weekends. Weekends are for my kids. And I have dinner at home every night when Im not physically directing a movie - I get home by six. I put the kids to bed and tell them stories and take them to school the next morning. I work basically from 9.30 to 5.30 and Im strict about that.

One of the positive aspects from my point of view in terms of lifestyle doing film is that I can say "Well, I'm now going to have three months where I'm just going to hang out and be with the family".

I took a year and a half off, when my kid was born, because I didn't want to be one of those dads where the kid doesn't know who his dad is.

I understand. You work very hard two days a week and you need a five-day weekend. That's normal.

With TV shows that film in London, you're pretty much around for your kids, so that's good.

When I quit 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kyaa Naam Doon 1,' I left the show because I wanted to travel with my wife and spend time with her.

We didn't really have vacations when I was a child.