“To give them what I never had heals me. Some days I look at them and almost start to cry. I think, how can I love them more than I did the day before? But it keeps growing.” -Rosie O'Donnell, actress and adoptive parent
“Adoption carries the added dimension of connection not only to your own tribe but beyond, widening the scope of what constitutes love, ties and family. It is a larger embrace.” -Isabella Rossellini, actress and adoptive parent
“However motherhood comes to you, it's a miracle.” -Valerie Harper, actress and adoptive parent
“We look at adoption as a very sacred exchange. It was not done lightly on either side. I would dedicate my life to this child.” -Jamie Lee Curtis, author, actress and adoptive parent
“I was thirty-five years old. I hadn't given up hope that I would meet the man of my dreams, but I was open to the fact that I might notand that's okay, but in the meantime, I want to have a family.” -Michelle Pfeiffer, actress and adoptive parent
“Somehow destiny comes into play. These children end up with you and you end up with them. It's something quite magical. ” -Nicole Kidman, actress and adoptive parent
“Quinlon will always know he's adopted. We'll tell him as soon as he can possibly understand. When he's 18 the record can be opened and, if he wishes, he will be able to seek out his birth parents. It doesn't bother me at all. I don't think the capacity to love is limited to just one mother and dad.” -Loni Anderson, actress and adoptive parent
“And now it makes every day like Christmas. I can't wait to see him in the morning. I can't wait for him to wake up.” -Kirstie Alley, actress and adoptive parent
Other Adoptive Parents
- Al Roker - news anchor
- Angelina Jolie - actress
- Art Buchwald - comedian
- Barbara Walters -famous journalist
- Bob Hope - entertainer
- Brooke Adams - actress
- Burt Reynolds - actor
- Calista Flockhart - actress
- Cecil B. De Mille - film director
- Charles Bronson - actor
- Connie Chung - news anchor
- Dale Evans - singer
- Dan Marino - football player
- Diane Keaton - actress
- Donna Mills - actress
- Ed McMahon - entertainer
- Erma Bombeck - comedienne
- George Burns - comedian
- Hank Williams, Sr. - country music legend
- Harry Belafonte - singer
- Henry Fonda - actor
- Jane Fonda - actress
- Jill Ireland - actress
- Jo Beth Williams - actress
- John DeLorean - entrepreneur
- John Denver - singer
- Julie Andrews - actress
- Kate Jackson - actress
- Kris Kristofferson - singer
- Kurt Vonnegut - author
- Louis Gossett, Jr - actor.
- Magic Johnson - athlete
- Marie Osmond - singer
- Oscar de la Renta - designer
- Patti LaBelle - singer
- Paul Newman - actor
- Pearl Bailey - singer
- Peter Falk - actor
- President Ronald Reagan - politician
- Roy Rogers - entertainer
- Sammy Davis, Jr. - entertainer
- Sen. John McCain - politician
- Sen. Paul Simon - politician
- Sharon Stone - actress
- Stephen Spielberg - film director
- Ted Danson - actor
- Steven Curtis Chapman - Christian musician
- Teri Garr - actress
- Tom Cruise - actor
- Valerie Harper - actress
- Walt (and Lily) Disney - founder of Disneyland
- Willie Mays - athlete