Every film is its own experience, its own planet, its own family. It seems infinite when you're working on it, and then it's suddenly very finite, and it's done.
I love music, and outside of work my family keeps me very busy, I have five children to keep track of.
Since coming to Congress in 1971, I have been fighting to help create an environment where the goals of the National Work and the Family Month can become a reality.
But, neither of these educational scenarios worked for us, so when we started a family, we wanted a different school for our children. And the other founders felt the same way.
If I'm home, I'll be happy. And if I'm around family, and if I'm working on projects with friends, I don't know what else I'd want to be doing.
I grew up in a working-class Israeli family, which was feminist only in its female-dominated structure.
Stress means something different if it is the result of rewarding work rather than struggling to keep the family out of debt.
I don't like the outside world to intrude when I'm making a film. I like to either see my family or work, but I don't like to go out.
In 1986, when I was 21, I lived in Tokyo for four months, boarding with a Japanese family and working for an American company.
My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.
And whether it is equal pay, health care, Social Security, or family leave, this Congress has refused to address issues critical to hard-working American women.
My work often takes me away from my family for long periods of time, so I've really come to appreciate the time I do spend with them.
I think in terms of family, in terms of relationships, in terms of work, competition to be the favorite, to be the noticed, to be the one - I don't know if it exists for all personalities, but I know for sure it did with me.
Some scripts you read and say, 'I've just got to do this' and you find a way of making it work. Some things you turn down because of the impact on family.
TV has gone back to basics, relating to middle class family with real characters, less make-up and simple shots. I feel as an actor it is a delight to work in such shows.
It's great working with my sister, because we are very close as a family - my brother, my sister and myself. We have a great relationship.
There are times everyone needs to be together for me and we all just work together; making sure that my energy is good and right when I go do what I'm going to do. That means the family needs to spend time together.
My ambition is to not have to work any more. In 10 years I want to stop, and I want to be living with my family, taking care of my house. I want to be a housewife.
I missed my dad a lot growing up, even though we were together as a family. My dad was really a workaholic. And he was always working.
Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country.
I was raised in a working class family of Baptist faith, and I went to college on a church scholarship where early teachings were reinforced. Abortion was wrong, I was taught.
