Catherine Reitman Quotes

Catherine Reitman

Profession : Actress

Birth : April 28, 1981

We've all been in that metaphoric place, having to scream out what you want in the face of your fears.

Catherine Reitman

It's not the most relatable thing for working moms to have freshly painted claws all the time.

Catherine Reitman

When I first got pregnant, my husband and I were huge consumers of premium cable television, and we were watching all of these shows, and it would either be the B-storyline of a show like 'Homeland,' where she's a working mother, or you have even smaller C-storylines on a show like 'Mad Men.'

Catherine Reitman

We only see female protagonists who are likeable, with one cute flaw, such as adorable clumsiness. I'm fed up with it.

Catherine Reitman

Having children is messy and easy to judge.

Catherine Reitman

The biggest lesson I've learned throughout the first season of 'Workin' Moms' is that you have to give yourself permission to forgive yourself.

Catherine Reitman

Because there is less female storytelling, especially motherhood storytelling, there has been immense pressure on my storytelling to represent more people, and to do so in a sort of unrealistic way.

Catherine Reitman

I talk about postpartum depression and all these things I don't hear a lot of women talking about on TV.

Catherine Reitman

I went back to work about six weeks after I gave birth, which was crazy early, and experienced some pretty bad postpartum depression but didn't know it at the time.

Catherine Reitman

I can't deny that I've had a privileged upbringing. I've been really fortunate regarding how I entered this world, not just financially, but in that I have really great parents who show me a lot of love.

Catherine Reitman

I feel very lucky to be able to have my dad and to have him as a guide as I've had my whole life. It's just been a really cool ride.

Catherine Reitman

Humans are incredibly selfish. And in parents, flaws become hyper focused.

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There's so much dishonesty with motherhood in general... The truth is it's just a lot of embarrassing, humiliating moments.

Catherine Reitman

Are there days where I wish I was just at home with my kids? Yeah, most days. But then I look at our accomplishments, and I feel alive; I feel so proud of myself. So it's a very confusing thing to be a working parent.

Catherine Reitman

I've embraced comfortable, but still chic, footwear. I don't know who I was wearing heels for - as much as I love the way they make my legs look and the power I feel when I choose to wear them - but I can do a longer and more pressing day if I'm in a shoe I can walk in.

Catherine Reitman

I knew how to come up with jokes at someone's expense really fast.

Catherine Reitman

Stay-at-home mothers, working mothers, people are very tough on each other. I don't see that in the world of men. I don't see working men who have children, and those who don't, judging each other. I think there's a different category of expectation.

Catherine Reitman

There's an identity crisis - a lot of us become mothers, and all of a sudden, we're expected to become these selfless people. That's not a really natural process. That, for me, never felt organic.

Catherine Reitman

I was lucky enough to be raised not only by a really talented man but a really good father.

Catherine Reitman

There's a repression against mothers where we're expected to be full-time workers and pretend we're not mothers, and then expected to be full-time mothers who pretend we're not working. Simultaneously, within the hours of the week that exist.

Catherine Reitman