Candid confessions. has gushed about the way becoming a mother has changed her outlook on life.

After meeting on , the pair started dating and tied the knot two years later. In 2004, Roberts . The couple Henry three years later.

The star later reflected on how motherhood inspired a step back from acting. “It wasn’t by design,” she told in 2017. “So much as not finding something that I was interested in. I was surprised how quickly the years seemed to go by.”

The Georgia native added: “It’s also the math equation of my husband’s work schedule and the kids’ school schedule and summer vacation.

It’s not just, Oh, I think I want to do this. I have a sense of great pride in being home with my family and considering myself a homemaker.”

A source later told that , saying, “Julia just loves watching [Danny] with the kids. It fills her heart and makes her love him even more.”

As her children got older, the star recalled . “I met [Danny] when I was ready,” she shared during an interview with in October 2022. “And then we call these children into our lives when we’re ready to best partner with them.”

For the Academy Award winner, . “Sometimes I get gripped with fear of blowing it,” Roberts admitted at the time.

“And sometimes I’ve just said to my kids, ‘So today, me as a mom? Can we just take that off the board because I blew it.’

That same month, the star praised . “[Writing handwritten notes is] something Danny and I have always done,” Roberts said on . “The first letter he ever wrote me, which was seven pages long, I still have it tucked away. One day I’ll show it to [my daughter] Hazel and say, ‘That’s what you’re looking for.’”

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The star noted that her youngest had become her “breakfast buddy” while her daughter was a “one-of-a-kind” girl. “I always think that they all look like me, and then Danny comes home from work, and I go, ‘Oh, you, that’s who they look like,’” Roberts quipped.

Scroll down for Roberts’ most candid quotes about being a mother:

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Julia Roberts' Most Candid Quotes About Motherhood and Raising 3 Kids With Husband Danny Moder

Candid confessions. has gushed about the way becoming a mother has changed her outlook on life.After meeting on , the pair started dating and tied the knot two years later.

In 2004, Roberts . The couple Henry three years later.The star later reflected on how motherhood inspired a step back from acting. “It wasn’t by design,” she told in 2017. “So much as not finding something that I was interested in. I was surprised how quickly the years seemed to go by.”The Georgia native added: “It’s also the math equation of my husband’s work schedule and the kids’ school schedule and summer vacation. It’s not just, Oh, I think I want to do this. I have a sense of great pride in being home with my family and considering myself a homemaker.”A source later told that , saying, “Julia just loves watching [Danny] with the kids. It fills her heart and makes her love him even more.”As her children got older, the star recalled . "I met [Danny] when I was ready," she shared during an interview with in October 2022. "And then we call these children into our lives when we're ready to best partner with them."For the Academy Award winner, . "Sometimes I get gripped with fear of blowing it," Roberts admitted at the time. "And sometimes I've just said to my kids, 'So today, me as a mom? Can we just take that off the board because I blew it.'That same month, the star praised . “[Writing handwritten notes is] something Danny and I have always done,” Roberts said on . “The first letter he ever wrote me, which was seven pages long, I still have it tucked away. One day I'll show it to [my daughter] Hazel and say, 'That's what you're looking for.’”The star noted that her youngest had become her “breakfast buddy” while her daughter was a “one-of-a-kind” girl. “I always think that they all look like me, and then Danny comes home from work, and I go, ‘Oh, you, that's who they look like,’” Roberts quipped.Scroll down for Roberts' most candid quotes about being a mother:

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Julia Roberts' Most Candid Quotes About Motherhood and Raising 3 Kids With Husband Danny Moder

Candid confessions. has gushed about the way becoming a mother has changed her outlook on life.After meeting on , the pair started dating and tied the knot two years later. In 2004, Roberts . The couple Henry three years later.The star later reflected on how motherhood inspired a step back from acting. “It wasn’t by design,” she told in 2017. “So much as not finding something that I was interested in. I was surprised how quickly the years seemed to go by.”The Georgia native added: “It’s also the math equation of my husband’s work schedule and the kids’ school schedule and summer vacation.

It’s not just, Oh, I think I want to do this. I have a sense of great pride in being home with my family and considering myself a homemaker.”A source later told that , saying, “Julia just loves watching [Danny] with the kids. It fills her heart and makes her love him even more.”As her children got older, the star recalled . "I met [Danny] when I was ready," she shared during an interview with in October 2022. "And then we call these children into our lives when we're ready to best partner with them."For the Academy Award winner, . "Sometimes I get gripped with fear of blowing it," Roberts admitted at the time. "And sometimes I've just said to my kids, 'So today, me as a mom? Can we just take that off the board because I blew it.'That same month, the star praised . “[Writing handwritten notes is] something Danny and I have always done,” Roberts said on . “The first letter he ever wrote me, which was seven pages long, I still have it tucked away. One day I'll show it to [my daughter] Hazel and say, 'That's what you're looking for.’”The star noted that her youngest had become her “breakfast buddy” while her daughter was a “one-of-a-kind” girl. “I always think that they all look like me, and then Danny comes home from work, and I go, ‘Oh, you, that's who they look like,’” Roberts quipped. Scroll down for Roberts' most candid quotes about being a mother:

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2006

Following the birth of her twins, Roberts shared a glimpse at her first year of being a mother. "I can catch poop in my hand and just be like, OK ..." she told . "This is why you work for twenty years and then have kids. The reason I did all that really, I kind of say now, is so that I can stay home."

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2007

"I feel that I’ve expanded as a human being and have more empathy and more compassion. I didn’t realize you could really just like your children as much as your friends.

I just love them," the actress, who was expecting her third child at the time, told .

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2017

During an interview, Roberts noted how important it was for her kids to see her working.

“For so much of my children’s younger life they would see their dad go off and I would work a little, but they almost didn’t notice. It was like I was only gone when they were napping or something. I do have a sense of responsibility for showing my children that I can be creative and that it’s meaningful to me,” she detailed to . “So meaningful that for periods of time I will choose to focus on that almost more than my family, which has been hard for me to come to terms with.

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2017

According to Roberts, she considered herself a “selfish little brat” before she exchanged vows with her children's father.

"It was meeting Danny ... finding my person," the star explained to about her changed perspective in 2017. "When I think about what makes my life my life and makes sense and just shines inside of me, it's him. Everything has come from that for me. I was my priority [before]. … There are great things I've accomplished and I'd be happy to accomplish more, of course, to impress my children and my husband. But you know what? I've been spoiled already.

”

She continued: "If I wasn't here today, I'd be in the carpool lane ferrying my kids to school.”

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2022

Roberts revealed that leading up to their move. “I'm completely excited for them. It's really thrilling, and I wasn't lucky enough to have a college experience," she shared with in April 2022. "And so to see how it's happening for them is really fascinating. I'm just excited for them.”

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2022

"I think it's our personal responsibility to advocate for ourselves, and I think that my husband and I both are people of strong convictions and opinions and compassions and I think that we try to instill that in our kids as much by example as by preaching," Roberts told E!'s

. "I think that [my kids] bear a huge responsibility — more than I think I did at their age — to speak their minds and speak up for themselves and advocate for the things that they believe in."

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2022

“When I’m not working, [being a homemaker] is my full-time job,” the Ocean's Eleven star told in October 2022. “It isn’t rainbows and kittens every day, but it does bring me a lot of joy.”

Roberts concluded: “It’s just never consumed me, being an actor. It is my dream come true, but it is not my only dream come true. The life that I have built with my husband [and] the life that we’ve built with our children, that’s the best stuff. To come home at the end of the day, triumphantly, to them.”

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