Brooke Shields Quotes

While promoting the film Pretty Baby (1978), 12-year old Brooke was asked, "What does good in bed mean?" Brooke cheekily replied; "When I`m sick and stay home from school watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that`s good in bed."

Brooke`s joking comment on her TV commercials for jeans: "If my jeans could talk, I`d be ruined." (1980)

"I`m so naive about finances. Once when my mother mentioned an amount and I realized I didn`t understand, she had to explain: `That`s like three Mercedes.` Then I understood." (1981)

"I`m always amazed when people assume things about me - that foul language must upset me, or someone`s being gay must upset me. They think, `O-o-oh, she`s the most celebrated virgin.` And really, I was surrounded by such an eclectic group of people my whole life." (2000)

"People think of me as a mannequin, all show and no substance."

After 9/11, I am proud to live downtown. There`s something slightly defiant about living down here. (2004)

"Smoking kills. If you`re killed, you`ve lost a very important part of your life." (1982)

"Honesty is the quality I value most in a friend. Not bluntness, but honesty with compassion." (2005)

"I`ve never found therapy to be a sign of weakness; I`ve found the opposite to be true. The willingness to have a mirror held up to you definitely requires strength." (2005)

"Princeton gave me something that can never be taken away from me. It taught me how to think."

On the May 26th, 2005 edition of "Access Hollywood" (1996), Tom Cruise criticized her career and her "misguided" use of the "dangerous" anti-depressant, Paxil, to treat her postpartum depression. He also said that the best treatment option for women experiencing postpartum depression is vitamins. She responded by saying, "Tom Cruise`s comments are irresponsible and dangerous. Tom should stick to saving the world from aliens and let women who are experiencing postpartum depression decide what treatment options are best for them".

My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander`s and Bloomingdale`s.

Don`t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window - or break down a door. Woman`s World (3-14-06)

The thing I`m the most proud of in my personal life is that my daughter actually thinks that I`m fabulous.

You don`t necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.

I could never, ever have an abortion.

Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.

I`m not enamored by fame. I don`t covet it, the way someone who`s anonymous wants it, and then their life changes. This has always been my life. You don`t romanticize it when you`ve seen the underbelly of it, when you`ve seen rejection, the games, the way self-esteem is challenged and threatened. It`s an industry that`s predicated on knocking people down. Only the strong survive. (2007)

The thing about Broadway, they always welcome you with open arms.

Too many people use abortion as a form of birth control. And that`s very wrong. I could never, ever have an abortion.

`Suddenly Susan` is my life.

I hope this will help new moms not feel alone or desperate, and that there is no shame in their feelings. PPD is out of their control, but the treatment and healing process is not.

I have a place in the Broadway community that can only be earned.

I`m just starting to realize the type of work that I want to do. Not everyone can fit into the sitcom world because it`s so fast-paced, but it feels comfortable to me.

Being nice to everybody, saying hello to everyone in the room, signing every autograph; it was instilled in me at a very young age that this was what I was suppose to do. But I don`t think it helps at all. I see more people who are rude or arrogant being rewarded - but, this way, I can put my head on the pillow at night. I can look at my child and know that, to my daughter, I`m the best example I can possibly be. (2005)

I think I`m going to have to live vicariously through my daughter`s rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.

At Princeton I gained a great deal of pleasure from success in my classes. knowing that I could accomplish those things, and I realized that my success was directly proportionate to the work I put in.

The difficulty of IVF or of any fertility issues is the hope and the shattered hope, the dream that it might happen this time and then it doesn`t happen.

Don`t waste a minute not being happy. If one window closes, run to the next window- or break down a door.

Have faith in your own thoughts.

What does good in bed mean to me? When I`m sick and I stay home from school propped up with lots of pillows watching TV and my mom brings me soup - that`s good in bed.

It was my mom and I against the world. We lived in New York in this bohemian lifestyle where an extended group of artists and photographers were like my aunts and uncles.

The most rewarding thing is being on Broadway. I went into Cabaret as a replacement and was really challenged beyond anything I could have imagined.

My father`s death, my move, and my frightening and difficult delivery created a tremendous amount of stress, pain, and sadness for me. I was practically devastated beyond recovery.

Smoking kills. If you`re killed, you`ve lost a very important part of your life.

Modeling is the world that I feel most welcome in.

The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.

I`ve never been naturally fashion conscious. I`m the kind of person who sees a whole outfit in a magazine, runs out and buys it but looks like a clown. I`m not like Gwyneth and all those fashion-savvy girls, although someone told me they all have stylists. (2005)