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In 2018, actress Eva Mendes spoke to ABC News about struggling to find work-life balance. To quote her directly: "It's so hard, and I haven't figured out the balance at all."
She told Entertainment Tonight in 2017: "I want to follow my passion too, and I want my kids to see what it looks like to have a mom that is a boss."
Actress Kate Hudson is unapologetic about wanting it all. In 2016, she spoke to InStyle about her experience and described herself as both a domestic woman and a hunter.
She told the magazine: "As a woman I feel that somehow we are supposed to feel apologetic about wanting both. But I don't want to apologize for that any more."
Eight months after the birth of his first child with Chrissy Teigen, John Legend spoke to InStyle about how his life had changed. Firstly, he became stricter with the people working for him.
When TV host Hoda Kotb spoke to People about managing work-life balance, she made it clear that she thinks it's possible to do. She drew on her own experience as a child of working parents.
Part of her post read: "Whether stay-at-home or working, finding that balance with kids is a true art. You are the true heroes."
He said: "The hardest part of my new life as a dad is leaving for work in the morning. These kids have changed my life. They are simply fantastic."
In 2014, President Barack Obama spoke at the White House Summit on Working Families. He started: "Too often, these issues are thought of as women's issues..."
She revealed: "I still constantly wonder, 'Is this fair to [my son]? Is my life fair to him?' He's my no. 1 priority. But it's just a question: 'How am I going to do this?'"
In 2014, actor and host Mario Lopez told People that coming home to his kids is a great way to forget the stresses of his working day.
Secondly, he started to stay home more. To quote the musician: "I try to stay home as much as I can. I just don't want to miss out on this important time in Luna's life."
At the 2014 Elle Women in Hollywood celebration, actress Jennifer Garner called out the parenting double standard and emphasized that it was time to change the conversation.
In 2018, tennis superstar Serena Williams took to Instagram to offer a message of support to working moms and let people know that she too struggles to find a balance.
In the same interview, she explained her decision to step away from the spotlight for a while. She said: "I'm just so obsessed with my kids–I just don't want to leave them."
She added: "When I feel I'm doing too much, I do less, if I can [...] I'm in a rare position where I don't have to do job after job. I can take time when my family needs it."
In 2016, actress Kristen Bell spoke to PopSugar about balancing work and home life. She said: "It's a unifying message that we all feel less than; we all feel frazzled."
In 2016, the 'Desperate Housewives' actress told People that when asked how she juggles her family and her career, she simply replies that she doesn't, she drops the ball all the time.
When speaking to New York Daily News in 2014, Angelina Jolie said that she and other women who have all at their disposal to help them shouldn't complain.
He continued: "[But] anything that makes life harder for women makes life harder for families, and makes life harder for children. This is about you too, men."
The profile detailed one particular episode in which Hemsworth's daughter really didn't want him to leave. In his words: "I wasn't, like, sobbing, but..."
In 2010, actress Naomi Watts got candid about her struggle to balance work and family. She started: "I chose to be a mom. It's something I've always wanted, but I feel torn between two worlds."
When describing how she deals with the stress of it all, she told PopSugar that every now and again she and her husband Dax Shepard "tap out and take meditative breaks."
The singer puts a lot of pressure on herself to juggle work and family, but she tries to lead by example when it comes to pursuing your passion.
She continued: "Sometimes I think, 'I'm failing as both a mother and an actress.' But I do what I can to stumble forward joyously."
She recalled: "[My parents] missed things, but it didn't scar me - I knew they loved me. I also knew they loved what they did. We are all workers in a way - we love what we do."
Sources: (People)
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In 2018, GQ did a profile on actor Chris Hemsworth. One thing that was made clear was how difficult he finds it to leave his children when he has to go and film.
She continued: "I am not reaching the same depths and heights that I used to reach in movies because I'm a parent of two small children who desperately need me."
In 2015, country singer Carrie Underwood spoke to the Associated Press about the "mom guilt" she was struggling with after giving birth to her first child.
She described how at an event all interviewers asked her about how she balances work and family, while no one asked her then-husband Ben Affleck the same question.
It's no great secret that juggling work and family is difficult. Sure, some people seem to manage it easily, taking everything in their stride. Most of us, however, would readily admit that there are endless challenges.
You may think that the rich and famous must have it easier; don't they have people to help them manage the every day? This may be true to an extent, but a number of celebrity interviews seem to suggest that many stars struggle just like the rest of us.
Check out this gallery to find out what these celebs had to say about juggling work and family.
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It's no great secret that juggling work and family is difficult. Sure, some people seem to manage it easily, taking everything in their stride. Most of us, however, would readily admit that there are endless challenges.
You may think that the rich and famous must have it easier; don't they have people to help them manage the every day? This may be true to an extent, but a number of celebrity interviews seem to suggest that many stars struggle just like the rest of us.
Check out this gallery to find out what these celebs had to say about juggling work and family.