NewsPhotosVideosShopKardashiansRoyalsTV Scoop
NewsPhotosVideosShopKardashiansRoyalsTV Scoop

Anne Hathaway's Heartwarming Quotes on Motherhood

10 photos
Jan 15, 2021 5:03 PM
LINK COPIED!
Pin It
Anne Hathaway, Instagram, Pregnancies, Kids
1/10
Instagram

On to Baby No. 2

The 36-year-old star shares the special and exciting news that she and her hubby are having another baby! "It's not for a movie...⁣⁣#2," she writes on Instagram, showing off her bump. "All kidding aside, for everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love."


Pin It
2/10
Getty Images; Fame

On Learning Parenting Advice from Prince William & Kate Middleton

"They get down on the child's level and speak to them eye-to-eye to make their child feel empowered," she tells The Sunday Times. "I thought that was really cool. I started doing that with Jonathan."


Pin It
3/10
Eric Charbonneau/Shutterstock

On Sharing Her First Pregnancy on Her Own Terms

"I hadn't planned on ever confirming it and then I just, I had seen a photographer while I was on vacation, taking a photo, and I just thought, 'It's such a joyful and a sacred experience, you know, carrying life,'" Hathaway explains to E! News. "And I just thought, 'I don't want the first version of this to be out there with me covering or scowling at someone.'"


Pin It
4/10
John Sciulli/Getty Images for Disney Consumer Products & Interactive Media

On Being Sleep Deprived

She tells us that getting sleep has been challenging. "Honestly, I haven't slept in eight weeks. I have no idea what I'm saying," the actress jokingly states during an interview with E!. "This is probably going to go down as not the most normal interview on E! News."


Pin It
5/10

On Saying Bye, Bye to Booze

"I'm going to stop drinking while my son is in my house just because I don't totally love the way I do it," Hathaway admits to Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show. "He's getting to an age where he really does need me all the time in the mornings. I did one school run one day where I dropped him off at school, I wasn't driving, but I was hungover, and that was enough for me. I didn't love that one."


Pin It
6/10
Instagram

On Getting the Role of a Lifetime

"The kind of mother I'll be depends on the kind of children I have," the Ocean's 8 actress shares with Vogue about the ultimate role she has as a mother.


Pin It
7/10
Instagram

On Advocating for Maternity Leave

"I can't believe we don't already have it," she shares with Elle magazine, further explaining that "We're encouraged to judge each other, but we should be turning our focus to the people and institutions who should be supporting us and currently aren't."


Pin It
8/10
AKM-GSI

On Trying to Stay Cool

"I'm not perfect, but if I'm frustrated or distracted, I'm good at making sure he's safe and walking away, calming down and then coming back to him," she explains to The Sunday Times. She says "telling that harsh voice to be quiet" is one hard about motherhood. "I fall short every day, but I'm not going to beat myself up about it, I'm going to learn from it."


Pin It
9/10
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images

On Getting a New Schedule

"I'm sorry. I am a new mother and I didn't time the feeding schedule—well, like I have any control over it," Hathaway says on Good Morning America with a laugh as she does press for the Alice Through the Looking Glass. "My kid was hungry, I had to feed him, I missed the first 20 minutes so I can't tell you about the beginning of the movie."


Pin It
10/10
Kevork Djansezian/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank

''Mommy Guilt'' Is a Myth

"When [my son] Johnny was a week old and I was holding him and I was in the ninth level of ecstasy, I just all of a sudden thought, 'Mommy guilt is invented nonsense,'" she tells Elle magazine.


Next Gallery
Rocky Thirteen Barker's Cutest Photos
About UsSubscribeContact UsFAQCareersClosed CaptioningWatch Full EpisodesSitemapE! International TV ChannelsCustomer Support

Your source for entertainment news, celebrities, celeb news, and ​celebrity gossip. Check out the hottest fashion, photos, movies and TV shows!

Ad ChoicesPrivacy PolicyCA NoticeTerms of Service

© 2025 E! Entertainment Television, LLC A Versant Media Company. All rights reserved.