I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.
Brittany MurphyIf I could be a third of the woman that my mom is and have a third of the strength that she has, then I will have done good by this life.
Brittany MurphyAnd as much as I love the gritty characters, I like to play all sorts of characters. I'm an actor. I love to create.
Brittany MurphyI'm trying to figure out the trick of working to live as opposed to living to work, but I don't know if I've quite stumbled upon it just yet.
Brittany MurphyOver the past year I'vediscovered if you keep on giving and giving, you end up losing yourself. I think that learning to give and receive is the trick. Perfect happiness is also a feeling, and the most amazing thing is that we were all born with the gift to make it happen in a heartbeat. Putting on certainmusic, reading something can make us feel a certain way. I think the key to happiness is allowing ourselves to not feel bad or guilty for feeling it, and letting it be contagious. And to not be dependent on other people to create your own happiness.
Brittany Murphy