Katie Holmes opens up about Tom, motherhood, family life and everybody's favourite subject, rumours, in this month's Glamour.
On parenting with Tom: "During the first couple of days [with Suri], we would just sleep right next to her to make sure she was breathing. And I was constantly learning on the job, but Tom was very helpful and supportive."
On motherhood: "Becoming a mother has been the most amazing experience—in an instant you become strong. You have to be a little bit wiser; it’s the most important job in the world."
On her family: "I don’t know how my mom did it, raising all five of us. I have three sisters and three sisters-in-law; I have learned from them. I’m inspired by them."
On sharing a life with Tom Cruise: "From an early age I knew that I wanted to be in this business. So I did everything I could to get here, and when I met Tom, I knew in an instant that we were going to be together, that we were going to get married. He does have a very big life. And you know, we just do it. And, as a woman, you make that transition from being single to [being] a partner. I have a teammate, and it’s like, we’re going to make this work."
On family life: "We’re all together. We like to be together, so we use the house for our [business] meetings. [We] play Yahtzee, board games, Scrabble. We grill; have pool parties. We play “The Three Little Pigs” and Suri is the Big Bad Wolf. [Tom] reads storybooks to Suri, and we all laugh. When a good song comes on, he’ll break out in a dance. We’ll watch movies in bed—recently Madagascar and Cinderella, for Suri. We really have a good time."
On rumours (about her marriage, speculation that Suri didn't exist, that she's currently pregnant): "Some of the stuff [people said] was such absolutely horrible things to say about a child. It was so uncalled for and so disgusting. Enough is enough."
He (Tom) said, “I don’t want you to get upset.” And I said, “Well, I am upset.” So we approached it together. But I definitely felt like—as a woman, as the mother of Suri—I want to handle this! My mom is very strong, and if anyone ever said anything about any of us, she would be, “Excuse me? That’s my family!”
And...on the rumour that's currently circulating: "I’m not pregnant right now."
"From an early age I knew that I wanted to be in this business. So I did everything I could to get here..."
Don't need to say any more!
Posted by: Mamalooper | Sunday, March 08, 2009 at 04:02 PM