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If timing is everything, Julianna Margulies intends to make the most of hers.
The actress — mom to son Kieran Lindsay, 2, with husband Keith Lieberthal — tells the LA Times that when it comes to career, she believes in striking while the iron is hot – even if it requires 15-hour days on the set of The Good Wife.
“My mom is great,” Margulies, 43, reveals.
“She’ll say, ‘Honey, how long can this go on for? If you’re lucky, three to four years. Then suddenly you won’t have a job and your kid will be sleeping until 10 a.m. Enjoy it now.’”
Her drive and determination to conquer both motherhood and Hollywood was on full display while making the independent film City Island.
First offered the role at four months postpartum, Margulies says she had every intention of taking a one-year maternity leave but was convinced otherwise. If she harbors any regrets, she isn’t showing them.
“It was so fulfilling that it didn’t matter that I would come home from night shoots just as my baby was getting up. My feeling is, so I’ll be tired for a while.”
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