Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
Brooke Christa Shields is an American actress, model and former child star. Initially a child model, she gained critical acclaim for her leading role in Louis Malle's controversial film Pretty Baby, in which she played a child prostitute in New Orleans at the turn of the 20th century. The role garnered Shields widespread notoriety, and she continued to model into her late teenage years and starred in several dramas in the 1980s, including The Blue Lagoon, and Franco Zeffirelli's Endless...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth31 May 1965
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Brooke Shields quotes about
Humour has always been a self-defence mechanism for me.
If my jeans could talk, would I be embarrassed?
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.
People say, 'I love my wrinkles.' I don't love my wrinkles - come on!
The very damaging, frightening part of postpartum is the lack of perspective and the lack of priority and understanding what is really important.
I think I'm going to have to live vicariously through my daughter's rebellion because I certainly never did go through adolescence.
Eight shows a week is daunting, and it can be terrifying. But it just instills such a sense of confidence and growth.
Louis Malle was the best filmmaker I've ever worked with. He was such an artist. He was dealing with the theme of innocence and experience.
My mother totally protected me as a model. She took me on every look-see, she was there on the set if I wanted her to be.
My younger years of modeling were really just filled with fun trips. I was doing catalogues for Alexander's and Bloomingdale's.
I went to an ordinary school in New York City with no other actors. I learned to compartmentalise different parts of my life. I was one person at home and then another person at work and for that reason my career didn't challenge my family life.
I suffered from post-natal depression after Rowan was born. I had a healthy, beautiful baby girl and I couldn't look at her. I couldn't hold her, smile at her. All I wanted was to disappear and die.
You don't necessarily have to be in misery to be talented.
I was always with a single mom, and we never had schedules or anything. We were just Bohemian, us against the world, which was kind of great, but it certainly didn't breed security. I've gotten hyper-sensitive to schedules and bath time and eating at the dinner table. We don't just 'Bohemian' go out at nine o'clock and go get Chinese food.