Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds's Quotes About Kids

On Wanting Lots of Kids

"I've always wanted a big family. . . . Oh, I'd love 30 [children] if I could." — Allure, September 2012

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On How Ryan Will Fare as a Father

"He's going to be a great father and leader and patriarch — he's so meant to be all of those things. The fact that he lived so much before we got together, he's the exact realized person that he should be. And so I get to share my life with the person he's become, and we get to grow from there." — Vogue, August 2014

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Blake's Dad, Ernie, on Her "30 Kids" Comments

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"My youngest daughter is newly married and wants a big family. She says she wants 30 kids. I said, 'Why don't you start with one?'" — November 2013

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Ryan on the Possibility of Having Lots of Kids

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"We'd love to have a big family. We both come from big families — my parents did four, Blake's did five. A lot of people say it's crazy, but we'll only know when we're there, you know? We'll walk through that fire pretty happily, I think." — Details, August 2013

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Blake Following Up on Her "30 Kids" Comment

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"I gotta get started. If I could spit out a litter of kids, I would." — Marie Claire, September 2014

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Ryan on His Fear of Having Boys

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"By the time I was 10 years old, and I'm not exaggerating, I knew how to patch drywall. There's nothing my brothers and I didn't put a hole in. We turned our home into a Wiffle house. That's something I'm not looking forward to." — Details, August 2013

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