Daily Inspiration Quote by Margot Kidder

Busy is a slyly practical word here, almost domesticated, and that is exactly why it lands. Margot Kidder isn’t branding herself as a firebrand; she’s framing activism as schedule-filling work, the kind of ongoing labor that competes with auditions, travel, and whatever else celebrity life is supposed to be about. The phrase subtly rejects the idea that reproductive rights are a “side issue” or a phase. If it keeps you busy, it’s not a hashtag mood, it’s a sustained commitment with meetings, phone calls, fundraisers, and backlash baked in.

Coming from an actress best known as Lois Lane, the line also plays with expectations. Hollywood often sells women as symbols - the love interest, the icon, the face. Kidder uses that public visibility as a tool, but she refuses the usual inspirational script. No grand moral sermon, no polished talking points. Just a matter-of-fact admission that political work is part of her daily life. That plainness reads as defiance: pro-choice activism doesn’t need to be glamorous to be serious.

The subtext is also protective. “Keeps me busy” can be a soft shield against intrusive questioning, a way to acknowledge the cause without turning her body or personal history into public property. In the culture-war era where abortion politics routinely demand confession and purity tests, Kidder’s understatement is a tactic. She normalizes commitment while denying the spectacle. That’s celebrity leveraged not for drama, but for durability.