The "Big Little Lies" star, who has Ava, 17, and Deacon, 13, with ex-husband Ryan Phillippe and four-year-old Tennessee with spouse Jim Toth, says she "really needs to think" before signing a project, reported Contactmusic.
"Every time a movie comes up, I balance my kids' wants and needs versus my own. My job takes me far away, I have to travel to different countries and I might not see them until the weekend when I'm exhausted, so when I take a movie, I really need to think about that.
The 41-year-old actor, however, likes to involve her family in her career and her life choices.
"They come on set sometimes and that's really special. It was harder when they were younger, because they didn't understand. Now I pitch them ideas about my movies.