01of 10ON THE RESPONSIBILITYDave Benett/Getty"I think it’s the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It’s not something to be taken lightly. I don’t have that gene that people have to replicate. But everything in my life has changed over time." — to PEOPLE in 2006

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ON THE RESPONSIBILITY

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“I think it’s the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It’s not something to be taken lightly. I don’t have that gene that people have to replicate. But everything in my life has changed over time.” — to PEOPLE in 2006

02of 10ON THE BASICSRande Gerber/Instagram"I know swaddling. I know what I’m in for." — on Extra in 2017

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ON THE BASICS

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“I know swaddling. I know what I’m in for.” — on Extra in 2017

03of 10ON THE ‘ADVENTURE’ OF PARENTHOODTHOMAS SAMSON/AFP/Getty"We are really happy and really excited. It’s going to be an adventure. We’ve sort of embraced it all… with arms wide open." — to Laurent Weil on his French program, Rencontres de Cinema, in 2017

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ON THE ‘ADVENTURE’ OF PARENTHOOD

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“We are really happy and really excited. It’s going to be an adventure. We’ve sort of embraced it all… with arms wide open.” — to Laurent Weil on his French program, Rencontres de Cinema, in 2017

04of 10ON WHETHER OR NOT HE’S THOUGHT ABOUT ITPacific Coast News"I’ve thought about it I suppose, but I haven’t really – it hasn’t been high on my list, uh, I’ve been asked a lot lately because I’ve gotten married and I’m doing a movie with kids in it. You should see how creative the way they ask me." — onCBS Morning in 2015

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ON WHETHER OR NOT HE’S THOUGHT ABOUT IT

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“I’ve thought about it I suppose, but I haven’t really – it hasn’t been high on my list, uh, I’ve been asked a lot lately because I’ve gotten married and I’m doing a movie with kids in it. You should see how creative the way they ask me.” — onCBS Morning in 2015

05of 10ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY"I’m really close with my family." — toCBS This Morning in 2015

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ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY

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“I’m really close with my family.” — toCBS This Morning in 2015

06of 10ON NEVER SAYING NEVERJohns PKI/Splash News"It’s not something I sit around saying: ‘I’m never having kids! I’m never getting married! That’s not how I live my life. My life is really about work and friends and those kinds of things." — to PEOPLE in 2006

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ON NEVER SAYING NEVER

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“It’s not something I sit around saying: ‘I’m never having kids! I’m never getting married! That’s not how I live my life. My life is really about work and friends and those kinds of things.” — to PEOPLE in 2006

07of 10ON BABYSITTING JULIA ROBERTS’ KIDSFameFlynet“She stayed at my house in Italy when she was first pregnant. She brought all those monsters (twins Phinnaeus and Hazel, then 11, and Henry, then 8) back to the house when they were actual human beings and we’ve had a blast with them.” — in a 2016 interview

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ON BABYSITTING JULIA ROBERTS’ KIDS

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“She stayed at my house in Italy when she was first pregnant. She brought all those monsters (twins Phinnaeus and Hazel, then 11, and Henry, then 8) back to the house when they were actual human beings and we’ve had a blast with them.” — in a 2016 interview

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ON SANDRA BULLOCK’S SON, LOUIS

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09of 10ON NICOLE KIDMAN’S PREGNANCYAlpha/Landov"I’m thrilled for her. [She’ll be] a perfect mother. She’ll be great. She’ll be a tall mother." — at the Critic’s Choice Awards in 2008

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ON NICOLE KIDMAN’S PREGNANCY

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“I’m thrilled for her. [She’ll be] a perfect mother. She’ll be great. She’ll be a tall mother.” — at the Critic’s Choice Awards in 2008

10of 10ON ALREADY FEELING LIKE A FATHER (SORT OF)George Clooney.Jeff Bottari/AP“Just having Jason [Schwartzman] here next to me makes me feel like a father. He just got married, so I feel like a grandfather. I’m jumping right into it. I will bring lots of kids to the red carpet.” — ata 2009 press conference forFantastic Mr. Fox

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ON ALREADY FEELING LIKE A FATHER (SORT OF)

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“Just having Jason [Schwartzman] here next to me makes me feel like a father. He just got married, so I feel like a grandfather. I’m jumping right into it. I will bring lots of kids to the red carpet.” — ata 2009 press conference forFantastic Mr. Fox

source: people.com