Catherine Reitman Quotes

Catherine Reitman

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 28, 1981

There's a different expectation, not just on mothers but on women. We're expected to do it all, to have it all, and look good through the process and have a smile on our face, and that's not always the case.

Catherine Reitman

We should go after our dreams and not be apologetic about it, but it's scary. Whether you want to work or not, you have to do what makes you a fuller person. You have to love yourself.

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It took me a long time to blossom. Everyone else understood how to socialize and how to look. I didn't get the memo.

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I was a big fan of Coolio, growing up, and I was excited to meet him. We played golf, which definitely is not my sport, and he was a character.

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There's been times I've been paralyzed by guilt when I've had to work crazy hours or miss a parent-teacher interview.

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All of these guys who went through rehab have done so much therapy and so much work on themselves that they're totally open to talking about anything because they've done a lot of healing. You have to respect that.

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Whether I was working or not, I am not a good cook or a good seamstress. I love my kids, and I provide for them, but do I think that I'm a great mom? Not by any means, other than that they're full of love. I rely heavily on nannies and my mother and my husband to fill in all over the place where I'm lacking.

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You can have a career and kids who love you. But you have to nurture yourself and find a way to be fulfilled so you're not resentful.

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There's just an incredible amount of loneliness as a mother, all this solitude no one really speaks to.

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I really enjoy working. I really enjoy telling stories. I really enjoy acting. The idea that I would have a baby and stop doing that was unrealistic to me.

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I'm lucky enough to be stopped on the street for two things, usually: for 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia,' and for 'Workin' Moms.'

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To admit that you're shooting for the stars - that you're allowed to do that, that it's not shameful - that to me is very vulnerable.

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There's an identity crisis that happens when you give birth. I don't care how confident, how secure you are, how much help you have, how many kids you have. For me, it was major.

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Usually, when people hear my last name, before they really get to know me or work with me, there's probably a lot of preconceived notions that come with that. And I imagine most of them aren't good. Because for every wonderful second generation of a famous person, there's people that aren't that way. More entitled people.

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I don't always look so beautiful.

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'Workin' Moms,' obviously, is about mothers who also work. But we're also expected to remain graceful when we return to work, and that's just impossible.

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I don't have a perfect meal on the table most nights. Any night!

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Breastfeeding takes a toll on your body... your spirit.

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If you can find moments of success, then you're ahead of the curve.

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Hire women. Trust women. Let them succeed. They are a pleasure to work with.

Catherine Reitman