Character Quote by Penelope Cruz

Ideas about mothers have swung historically with the roles of women. When women were needed to work the fields or shops, experts claimed that…

— Sandra Scarr

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

— Vera Farmiga

“Mother energy is universal. It is the large expression of the sacred feminine that comes from spirit. It is embodied in all our biological…

— Elaine Seiler

“the splendid manhood and womanhood of Italy”

— Maria Gentile

“It was hard not to feel resentment that men weren't forced into these choices. Some days she felt that she would spend all her…

— Whitney Otto

As an actress, as you get older, you find yourself in a situation where you play mothers or women who are hoping to be…

— Natalie Dormer

“...the pride taken by the Italians in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance.”

— Walter Shaw Sparrow

“She was not, herself, hugely in favor of motherhood in general. Obviously it was necessary, but it wasn't exactly difficult . Even cats managed…

— Terry Pratchett

I've played a mother many times, even in tragic things like, "I Dreamed of Africa," so I know how it is to lose [a…

— Kim Basinger

An ethic of maternalism was central to the utopianism of 19th century feminists. I don't think that today's women see motherhood as a source…

— Clare Wright

Motherhood has brought me many joys and insights, but the new perspective it granted me on the role I had inadvertently played in young…

— Carre Otis

My role models were childless: Virginia Woolf, Jane Austen, George Eliot, the Brontes.

— Joyce Carol Oates