A biography for Katherine Heiglhasn’t been written yet.
“My career is really important to me, but there have to be other great, important things in your life besides work.”
“As women, we have more of a tendency to be people-pleasers, and I know a lot of women who are not vocal about what makes them happy.”
“Adoption has been a part of my life and a part of my family, so it was how I wanted to start. It felt natural and right to me.”
“I'm a sappy mom now. I didn't think I would be. I thought I'd be a cool mom who keeps everything in perspective.”
“My good friends are Mormon, some of the best people I know.”
“My mother is a realist, and she's had biological and adoptive children, and she said it's no different: No matter what, they're putting a stranger into your arms. You don't know them yet.”
“I'm done with the whole idea of having my own children. It doesn't seem like any fun.”
“I look back at my twenties and see that I was much less confident.”
“I've never really been America's sweetheart, but for a minute I think that's what they wanted me to be.”
“I have bad feet and I have weak ankles.”
“I do like change. That's the one thing exciting about me.”
“The world is still very bigoted.”
“I'm terrible with patience.”
“I just ultimately wanted to be a mother. I love children.”
“I keep kind of making certain mistakes in public appearances over and over again.”
“In my career, I'm very grateful for the opportunities.”
“I just like to shake things up, and your hair is one way to do it.”
“I'm not very good at being a wife because I break all the rules.”
“Smoking sucks! The one thing I would say to my kid is, 'It's not just that it's bad for you. Do you want to spend the rest of your life fighting a stupid addiction to a stupid thing that doesn't even really give you a good buzz?'”
“I don't want to be the person digging my own grave.”