Eric Braeden

“If both parents must work, I think it is more important that the mother has proximity to the child to therefore establish a childcare situation at the big corporations not once a day, but many times a day.”

“Writing for a soap - writing for 25 characters day in, day out - is one of the most difficult jobs in Hollywood.”

“In the end, I'm an actor. I'm paid for what I bring to the screen.”

“The workplace should have a place where the kids can visit. They should have places at the mother's or the father's work where professionals can have their kids visit them whenever they feel like it.”

“The directors I respect are the ones who have a collaborative attitude, who collaborate with actors.”

“It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.”

“I'm not saying that people should not divorce, but at the rate at which it happens here is sick. The kids, they suffer. I don't care what anyone says.”

“How many reality shows can you watch? They're so obviously phony.”

“If it's really so wonderful that both partners have to work to make a living to pay for their house, for health insurance, someone is obviously going to get the short end of the stick.”

“Being in love, and I'm not an expert in this, I've lived it as much as anyone has, but I've not dissected it.”

“A relationship has to be cultivated. There have to be feelings of love for another first. But then you have to really like the person.”

“If we keep on ignoring and leaving children to their own devices at home, they become latchkey kids, and trust me, the consequences of that are not good.”

“I think 'Y&R's future is contingent upon the ratings. Obviously, none of the soaps are kept alive for the sake of loyalty. It's all about ratings. It's show business. Period.”

“There are some directors I hear about in nighttime or some I used to work with who walk around like gods.”

“If you're a young couple when you start out and are both working, trying to raise children, that is tough.”

“The challenge in daytime in particular, I think, is to go against all the traditional cliches of daytime and try to make it real.”

“I have a feeling that being in love sometimes means the projection of your desires onto another person. The important thing is that you like the other person, respect the other person and want to raise children with the other person.”

“Raising children is an enormously important part of life. I think one of the most important, or the most important, period.”

“To establish personal relationships with the people you work with is stupid, because you never know when the winds will change. I try not to get too close to people.”

“Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids.”