19 Quotes & Sayings By Sarah Jessica Parker

Sarah Jessica Parker is an Emmy award-winning actress, producer, and fashion designer. She is best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw in HBO's television series Sex and the City. Parker was born in New York City, the only child of actors Patricia Parker and Matthew Broderick. Her father is Irish American, and her mother is English/Irish Read more

She has two brothers, James Broderick, an actor who starred in The Great Santini (1979) with Marlon Brando, and Oliver Broderick, a dancer with the New York City Ballet. Parker attended the Professional Children's School in Manhattan where she studied acting. She worked as a waitress to pay her bills during early acting jobs, but soon found success on Broadway.

Parker was one of the original cast members of John Waters' neo-noir cult film Hairspray (1988). In April 2005 she married actor Matthew Broderick at their home in New York City.

When it comes to life and love, why do we...
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When it comes to life and love, why do we believe our worst reviews? Sarah Jessica Parker
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Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Sarah Jessica Parker
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So many roads. So many detours. So many choices. So many mistakes. Sarah Jessica Parker
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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
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I never wanted to be a celebrity; I never wanted to be famous. And in my daily life, I work really hard to not trade on it in any way. Sarah Jessica Parker
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My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world, that's not realistic. Sarah Jessica Parker
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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
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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
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When men attempt bold gestures, generally it's considered romantic. When women do it, it's often considered desperate or psycho. Sarah Jessica Parker
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Balls are to men what purses are to women. Sarah Jessica Parker
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I don't judge others. I say if you feel good with what you're doing, let your freak flag fly. Sarah Jessica Parker
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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
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I think growing up in a big family taught me a lot of problem solving and how to share and compromise, and that's been helpful in my marriage. Sarah Jessica Parker
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Can you really forgive if you can't forget? Sarah Jessica Parker
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I like my money right where I can see it... hanging in my closet. Sarah Jessica Parker
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Men who are too good looking are never good in bed because they never had to be. Sarah Jessica Parker
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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
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I just wasn't one of those girls who dreamt of her wedding day and the birth of her first child. Sarah Jessica Parker