Parenting & Family Quote by Izabella Scorupco

“I have a child and I’m a parent first of all” is celebrity talk that’s doing real work. Scorupco isn’t offering a Hallmark sentiment; she’s drawing a boundary in a culture that treats actresses’ lives as public property and their ambition as suspect. The bluntness matters. “I have a child” is a credential, a receipt. It pre-empts the usual interrogation: Can you be glamorous and responsible? Can you travel for work without being “selfish”? The line answers before the question is even asked.

The second clause tightens the screw. “I’m a parent first of all” isn’t just personal identity; it’s a hierarchy of legitimacy. In the entertainment economy, where women are often expected to be endlessly available - for shoots, press, reinvention - declaring a primary role is a refusal of total access. It also doubles as reputation management. “Actress” can be coded, unfairly, as frivolous or morally flexible; “parent” reads as grounded, serious, safe. The subtext is: judge me by adult responsibilities, not by a red-carpet narrative.

There’s a quiet gender politics here, too. Male stars rarely need to announce fatherhood as a moral alibi; motherhood gets treated as both a liability and a public-interest storyline. Scorupco’s phrasing sidesteps sentimentality and keeps the claim practical: my life has constraints, and they’re non-negotiable. It’s less confession than contract.