Asher Keddie

“I'm constantly trying to educate myself with new material on raising children as opposed to the rule book from 20 years ago.”

“If you feel good, you will look good. That's all it takes.”

“There are some stories I really want to tell. I feel ready now to develop some projects that I feel particularly passionate about as opposed to saying yes to someone else's.”

“I have as many foibles, challenges, shortcomings and struggles as anybody else.”

“I like the thrill of not knowing what's happening.”

“I have a wonderful husband and a very supportive family life.”

“Although I'd spent many years of dreaming of being applauded for my work and recognized... once it happened I didn't quite know how to sit in it comfortably. I almost lamented it for a little while.”

“I'm not second-guessing myself as much as I used to, and I'm not second-guessing the people in my life as much as I used to.”

“It's been a little bit more of an internal struggle to find the confidence to own my ideas.”

“I'm probably infuriating to work with, particularly in 'Offspring,' because I'm in pretty much every scene so I need the other actors around me to be able to pull of the spontaneity of that character.”

“My sister and I were very adventurous. We'd play in the park across the road in our imaginary tree house for hours on end and come home on our bikes when it was dark.”

“I'm really proud of the roles that I've played and pushing myself to be brave enough to play them.”

“Because of the experience of a long-running series like 'Offspring,' the beauty of that was that I was working on that so rigorously for seven to eight years that I got to a point where I literally had to clock off at the end of the day and go and invest in my family and my own life.”

“There are so many hard-wired ideas we've grown up with that we're now realizing are unacceptable.”

“I have a beautiful stepson in my life who lives with us and I am eternally grateful that he's come into my life, I just adore him.”

“I think there's been a big psychological shift in people my age raising children. The world that they are growing into requires a different style of parenting.”

“If I were to do something here in Australia that did travel overseas, for sure, I would like to work anywhere in the world.”

“I love the opportunity to clown.”

“I've always loved fashion and was dressing up in my mum's clothes when I was four.”

“Why are we only considered successful if we can juggle family with a demanding career?”