It was an odd coincidence that my career took off the same decade as having babies. I often wished it had been different, that I had my big career bump in my thirties and my babies in my forties or vice versa. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
Once I got both my hips replaced, I could start working out and going Pilates, and it’s helped me be more active and youthful. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
You can make sure your kids make their beds and hang up their clothes and put their dishes in the dishwasher when you’re the one calling the shots. So, parenting alone, for me anyway, I think is almost easier, being single. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
I’ve got fabulous women friends that I kind of didn’t have while I was married. I realized the great need for that when the marriage started to disintegrate. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
I was never a glamour puss whose career was really based on a look or an attitude. I’ve been basically playing the same parts I am at 55 that I was at 35. I get cast as strong women, and that can be a mother or a judge or anything. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
It’s wonderful when you can play a character that pulls all sorts of strings inside of you and fills you emotionally. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
My kids have a great dad. I don’t really want them to have a stepfather, and I don’t think they do, either. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
I was 36 when I got married. I was so focused on, ‘You wanted a husband, and you wanted a house, and you wanted children.’ I’ve had all those things now. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote
Croquet is tough. People play for months because the rules are so bizarre. Those crazy English. Jane Kaczmarek Read Quote