Sarah Jessica Quotes & Sayings

As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Well in the book Carrie was my alter ego. In real life, Sarah Jessica and I don't look anything alike. But people do say that we sound alike. Sarah Jessica is an adorable girl and she is very funny. — Candace Bushnell

After all, computers crash, people die, relationships fall apart. The best we can do is breath and reboot. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I find it so ironic that all you do, for the earliest part of your life, is try to be like everybody else. And then you turn 30, and you realize all you want to do is distinguish yourself in some way. — Sarah Jessica Parker

There are occasions that I love to be fashionable and enjoy, you know? But the work day of a mother doesn't include a hair making team or any consideration of your shoe. — Sarah Jessica Parker

People always assume that I'm some sort of party girl, and that's such a misconception because I like staying home. — Sarah Jessica Parker

A knockoff is not as easy to spot when it comes to love. — Sarah Jessica Parker

You can't live in New York City and be the most important person in town; you just can't. There are too many other important people here. — Sarah Jessica Parker

It's like reading a book about a life that you will never occupy, but that's the beauty of being transported. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I got to thinking about relationships and partial lobotomies. Two seemingly different ideas that might just be perfect together - like chocolate and peanut butter ... — Sarah Jessica Parker

I never was Carrie Bradshaw, but imagine how great it was to be told, "You are obligated to kiss all these men, to dress like that, and to carry on like that!" They were great guys, too. — Sarah Jessica Parker

You can't do four movies and be good to everybody and be flying all night and shooting all day with a different wig and then be going to sing on Broadway without feeling a little tired. You endlessly feel you're letting somebody down. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I love the smell of diapers; I even like when they're wet and you smell them all warm liked a baked good. Love it. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I have a fantastic husband. Here's the honeymoon part: I still think he's the funniest, wittiest, most clever man I've ever known. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm still trying to write. I wrote a play a few years ago, so I'm trying to start writing again. The play was called The Commons Of Pensacola. It was at MTC [Manhattan Theatre Club] with Sarah Jessica Parker and Blythe Danner. It was kind of like a riff on Ruth Madoff. — Amanda Peet

We didn't have a lot when I was growing up, and it's the best thing that happened to me because I appreciate everything. I developed a strong work ethic, and I don't take anything for granted. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Often I'll go to the market, and women will say to me: "Let me see your shoes." And then I show them I'm wearing flip-flops. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I thought if I had straight hair and a perfect nose, my whole career would be different. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Fashion is not a luxury, it's a right — Sarah Jessica Parker

I still like getting dressed up and having the opportunity to borrow beautiful dresses, but as a mother - and as somebody who's schedule isn't always my own - I don't shop a lot, or think about clothes a lot. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I love Matthew Broderick. Call me crazy, but I love him. We can only be in the marriage we are. We're very devoted to our family and our lives. I love our life. I love that he's the father of my children, and it's because of him that there's this whole other world that I love. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm thinking balls are to men, what purses are to women. It's just a little bag but we'd feel naked in public without it. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Friends are readily disappointed by the size of my closet. And I thought it was big! — Sarah Jessica Parker

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit! — Sarah Jessica Parker

So we strive for perfection in the areas in which we can control, and that isn't necessarily what provides contentment and joy for ourselves and, more importantly, for our children. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm very, very concerned about the Bush presidency. I'm worried about the kinds of cuts in domestic programs that mean something to a lot of people, including members of my family, who depend on certain things from the government. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Work was never about wanting fame or money. I never thought about that. I loved getting the job, going to rehearsal, playing someone else, hanging around with a bunch of actors. I needed that, the way you need water. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I know that he, Matthew Broderick, doesn't have his laundry done, and that he hasn't had a hot meal in days. That stuff weighs on my mind. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I wanted a family, but before I had a family, I was a career person. I've tried to marry those two things, and sometimes it is successful, and sometimes it is not. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I wouldn't know how to be on Facebook if my life depended on it. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate? — Sarah Jessica Parker

When a relationship dies do we ever really give up the ghost or are we forever haunted by the spirits of relationships past? — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm less Pollyanna now. That's probably healthy. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Every once in awhile, a girl has to indulge herself. — Sarah Jessica Parker

James Wilkie is so conscious of the time we spend together. I try to be home to tuck him in at least four nights a week, and if I'm not, he's not letting me get away with anything. The other night I was sitting with him on the steps before Matthew and I went out to the theater, and he looked at me and said, 'Mama, this has got to stop. Go upstairs and take that dress off.' — Sarah Jessica Parker

It's a great challenge to be better than your opportunities. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Balls are to men what purses are to women. — Sarah Jessica Parker

The industry has died as far as modeling has gone, and I'll tell you why. Magazines are featuring the Halle Berrys and Sarah Jessica Parkers, all the actresses. Makeup companies are featuring all the celebrities. All the models have died. — Janice Dickinson

Seriously, Jack, I think you might be the only guy in this city who hasn't read his stuff. Collin McCann is like the Carrie Bradshaw of Chicago men."
"You mean Terry Bradshaw," Jack corrected.
"No, Carrie," Wilkins repeated. "You know, Sarah Jessica Parker. Sex and the City."
A silence fell over the room as Collin and Jack stared at Wilkins, seriously fearing for the fate of men. — Julie James

Being single used to mean that nobody wanted you. Now it means you're pretty sexy and you're taking your time deciding how you want your life to be and who you want to spend it with. — Sarah Jessica Parker

We all live in a time where we're supposed to have choices and how do we wrangle that and how do we make the best choices for ourselves and our families. It has nothing to do with feminism. — Sarah Jessica Parker

If you have a child, you're improvising with rules all day long, and some of them are total lies. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I tell my friends married life is boring, but that's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better. — Sarah Jessica Parker

In a relationship, when does the art of compromise become compromising? — Sarah Jessica Parker

The great challenge for me is to be all things to all people; I want to be a great mother, and I want to feel good when I'm at work. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I started with commercials - for shampoo, pancakes, insurance, Volvo. I did a Lux soap commercial with Sarah Jessica Parker. And I got a role in an indie film called 'Satellite' that did well in festivals. — Stephanie Szostak

I don't know how an actress is supposed to observe and create new stuff if she hasn't been on the streets, brushing up against humanity. You have to have a life. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Most important to me is my home life and the well-being of my children. — Sarah Jessica Parker

The firsts go away - first love, first kiss, first baby. You have to create new ones. — Sarah Jessica Parker

As we speed along this endless road to the destination called who we hope to be, I can't help but whine, 'Are we there yet?'. — Sarah Jessica Parker

So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes. — Sarah Jessica Parker

It's never been integral to the story that I take my clothes off. I've always had clauses in my contracts saying no nudity and no body doubles ... I admire actresses who can do it without feeling exploited. As long as it's their own free will, I think it's great. It's not a moral judgement, I've just never felt comfortable doing it - I'm too modest. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I must point out - Sarah Jessica Parker is not a diva - she's one of these pop culture characters that everybody likes. — Philip Treacy

Graham Norton makes me laugh. I love him. I'm not kidding. I watch him on BBC America every week. He's so fast. — Sarah Jessica Parker

My mother was a master juggler. If you ask her, she'll say she was a wreck. There's plenty of screaming that went on in the house, but I think it was necessary just to be heard. There were eight children! — Sarah Jessica Parker

It's not like it's hard to be decent and respectful and well-behaved. I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. — Sarah Jessica Parker

My involvement with UNICEF is particularly important to me because it is UNICEF that introduced me to volunteerism, thereby helping me to set my own personal standard of contributing my time and giving back to others. Working on behalf of UNICEF's lifesaving efforts is one of my most valued roles. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I remember when I came home from the hospital after having my son, I wore a Narciso Rodriguez black coat. Then, I was using this fragrance that I had created. I walk by that coat, and it still smells like that fragrance. It takes you right there. — Sarah Jessica Parker

When we were young people, all we ever wanted was to be good working actors. We didn't think of fame or money because, honestly, money was never part of the dream. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I love, love, love being an actor - it's still the hardest and scariest thing I do, outside of parenting. But I've always been someone who likes a busy day. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I don't know what I can do about the aging. Yes, I am aging. Oh my God, I'm aging all the time. It's like those flowers that wilt in front of you in time-lapse films. But what can I possibly do? Look like a lunatic? — Sarah Jessica Parker

If two people have only one thought between them, something is very wrong. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I have a lot of responsibilities outside myself. I have a large family. I want to know I can always be helpful. — Sarah Jessica Parker

What you think you know versus what you actually learn. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Just because you donate sperm does not make you a father. I don't have a father. I would never give him the credit or acknowledge him as my father. — Sarah Jessica Parker

The Eskimos have hundreds of word for snow but we've invented three times that many words for relationships. What really defines a relationship? — Sarah Jessica Parker

As much as I disagree with Sarah Palin, there's no denying that she was the victim of sexism. — Jessica Valenti

Matthew and I used to read Dickens together. Oh my god, it was so great. We would sit in the bathtub and pass the book back and forth reading passages out loud. — Sarah Jessica Parker

When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm always nervous before a job! I always think I'm going to be fired, I always think I can't do it. I always think I'm going to disappoint somebody, myself included. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an actor who is well-known. — Sarah Jessica Parker

It was very flattering when Manolo Blahnik named a shoe after me. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Most of my friends in New York are single women or gay men. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I knocked part of my tooth out with a scrubbing brush on stage whilst singing 'Hard Knock Life' in Annie. — Sarah Jessica Parker

One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I feel funny saying this, I'm not really a shoe shopper. I'm not going to go out and buy hundreds of pairs of shoes. I'm much more thoughtful than [Carrie] is, which is also one of the treats of playing her all these years. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I've never done nudity in my whole career. I certainly don't think now is the time to start. I don't think it's necessary for anything I've done, although I have absolutely no opinions against anyone who feels comfortable doing it. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Where's the line between professional girlfriend, and just plain professional? — Sarah Jessica Parker

Someone once said that two halves make a whole. And when two halves move in together, it makes a whole lot of stuff. — Sarah Jessica Parker

People go to casinos for the same reason they go on blind dates - hoping to hit the jackpot. But mostly, you just wind up broke or alone in a bar. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I've worn so many things, I've tried on so many things ... I've spent probably thousand of hours in fittings. I can know so quickly how something's going to feel on me, look on me. It's a pretty fast courtship. I say yes or no pretty quickly. — Sarah Jessica Parker

If you're in a series, you can't quit, you can't work in the theatre and you can't do a movie when you like. — Sarah Jessica Parker

People should dress the way they want. Any rules for age or shape are silly. — Sarah Jessica Parker

When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews? — Sarah Jessica Parker

It's like the riddle of the Sphinx ... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unmarried men? — Sarah Jessica Parker

The arts were a big part of my childhood. We went to the theatre and opera a lot as a family. We were not at all wealthy, but it was at a time when the arts were publicly funded and there were free tickets available. For someone like myself who wasn't that academically inclined, it was a great escape. — Sarah Jessica Parker

My son doesn't know how flawed I am, how flawed we are. He still likes us so much, and that's so incredible to be around. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I cringe inside when anybody gives me something. I don't know why. I just get embarrassed. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I believe in God, but in my own unconventional way. We're not affiliated with any organisation, and I have no religious education of any kind, but I definitely have my own kind of ideas about it. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm aware of people's association with me and fashion and I certainly take that role on for some occasions, but it doesn't dominate my thoughts all the time. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Follow your instincts and do not let other people's opinion of you become your opinion of yourself. — Sarah Jessica Parker

And if you are a parent, introduce your children to their neighborhood library. It will give them a real sense of independence to have their own library card and enjoy borrowing books. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I took a page from [the playwright] Wendy Wasserstein's book. She said 'I'm not a feminist, I'm a humanist.' — Sarah Jessica Parker

I wrote a play before that and it never saw the light of day. And then I started working on this play and it came out really quickly. Eventually I got it, and I wrote a letter to Sarah Jessica Parker and she wanted to do it. So that's how it happened. — Amanda Peet

I do wait in line, and I do take the subway, and I do my own grocery shopping, and I do take the kids to school. But it almost doesn't matter to a certain segment of the populace. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I'm a bitter-ender. It's potentially my fatal flaw that I do not give up on something. I will not rest. I work and work and work until I can no longer and someone has to remove me from the premises. — Sarah Jessica Parker

I write about sex, not love. What do I know about love? — Sarah Jessica Parker

With each of the men I dated, everything ran its natural course, whether it worked out or not. I never felt burnt by any of them. I don't feel resentful. I don't want those years back. I'm not one of those women who thinks men are bastards. I love men: straight men, gay men. I've always had men close to me, from the time I was a child. — Sarah Jessica Parker

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. — Sarah Jessica Parker