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I tend to do things that I'm very frightened of. That's what I do.
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I have never met a woman who works who doesn't feel guilty. I mean we all deny it like crazy but deep down there is always that voice saying you should be at home.
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I'm very good at forgetting people.
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I still absolutely love 'The Sound of Music' and anything with Julie Andrews in it.
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I just don't see very many films. Because I make them.
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When I speak English, I've been told, I have this patrician way of speaking that's very irritating. It's the whole class thing.
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If you make a film about a pig farmer in Wales and you are a huge hit as the pig farmer's wife, the next thing is you'll be asked to do a film about a sheep farmer in Scotland.
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I find it very difficult to be two different characters at the same time - actress and mother.
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I think the sheer number of pop stars has kind of drowned out, somewhat, our interest. We're just submerged.
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Boarding school is a wicked thing.
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I was very lost as a teenager. Which is a horrible way to feel.
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I can't move back to England. My home is in France now. I'd love to but I can't. My family's all there now.
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I think I'm inspired mostly by other artists that aren't actors, like writers or singers or artists, for being so brave.
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I never raise my voice!
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I like the idea that I'm making things that people might think and argue about.
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You have to think about whether that Mercedes-Benz you have is actually worth how much it costs to you.
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The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.
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We older women in Europe are lucky not to be shoved away in a drawer.
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There's something incredibly sexy about sand and sweat and dunes photographed like women's backs.
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I can't get into all that physical stuff of having to have flawless skin... Sometimes you see people and it looks like someone's got an eraser and made their face a little blurry - their traits seem to go out of focus.
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Often, the roles I'm offered in England are melancholic women who are filled with regret for the past, regret for their fading beauty.
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My children are lovely. They're perfect.
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Buy, buy, buy, buy! They want to grab you and trap you and turn you into little Elizabeth Hurleys.
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I just get so fed up with seeing the same things written about me. If I see the words 'ice queen' attached to me, I feel like banging my head against the wall. There's this perception that I can only be in a film if I have a glass of champagne in my hand and a stately home in the background.