"I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids"
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The emotional lever here is time. “Eventually” concedes he’s not there yet; it’s both honest and strategically forgiving. He’s asking for room to grow without promising a sudden reinvention. That’s a very modern kind of confession, shaped by an era where celebrity redemption arcs are practically serialized content. You can almost hear the PR framing, but the sentence doesn’t feel fully scripted because it keeps its rough edges: he’s not claiming serenity, he’s chasing it.
The most revealing subtext sits in the phrase “role model to my kids.” Not to fans, not to the tabloids, not to the general public. The audience shrinks to the only one that can’t be managed with charm. Parenthood becomes the ultimate fact-checker: children don’t care about your legacy, they care about your temperament at breakfast. Williams is also renegotiating masculinity here, swapping the old rock-and-roll myth of the lovable mess for a more accountable ideal. The quote works because it treats self-regulation as love, not self-denial.
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| Topic | Parenting |
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| Source | Help us find the source |
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Williams, Robbie. (2026, January 15). I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-deliberately-tried-to-calm-myself-down-155909/
Chicago Style
Williams, Robbie. "I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids." FixQuotes. January 15, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-deliberately-tried-to-calm-myself-down-155909/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"I've deliberately tried to calm myself down because eventually I want to be a good role model to my kids." FixQuotes, 15 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/ive-deliberately-tried-to-calm-myself-down-155909/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.




