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Kitchens are so important. They're the heart of everything.
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When you're 21, you think, 'Oh God, when I'm 36, oh God, that's nearly 40 and I'll look really old and wrinkly by then.' And actually, I quite like the way I look.
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If I'm going to change, my life and experiences should change me for the wiser and more profound.
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I am not a hypocrite.
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I think I can see more clearly now - about how the pattern of past experiences has shaped who I am and the characters I have played - and I'm grateful for that.
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I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.
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I have always been, and shall continue to be, honest when it comes to bodyweight issues.
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Jane Campion is a tough director.
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I would like to one day play a man. That is something I do know. I don't know what kind of man. I don't know if that would ever happen or not. It would be the ultimate challenge.
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I know the true meaning of getting by by the skin of my teeth; I do. It doesn't matter whether you've got money or you haven't, whether you're famous or not. This is the case for all women, actually; you have to carry on. You always have to carry on. And you can, because you have to.
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In films I might look glamorous, but I've been in hair and make-up for two hours.
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I've decided I am going to start loving my backside because I don't know anyone who does that.
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Ah... romance to me is spontaneity. It's not diamond earrings; it's a bunch of daffodils that's freshly picked from the field.
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I do have impossibly high standards.
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Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.
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I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.
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Love to me, God, this is so difficult... To me, love is when you meet that person and you think, 'This is it, this is who I'm supposed to be with.'
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It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
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Real luxury is having the time to read endless stories in bed with my children. And I get that all the time. I'm so blessed.
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My life has taken me down several different paths I never expected it to take me down. Not in a million years.
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'The Reader' is about a young man's experience of falling in love with somebody who, it turns out, made some choices that were unavoidable in her life that resulted in horrific crimes against humanity.
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I love to cook. I could never give that up.
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'Revolutionary Road' is a fascinating study of the human condition of a fragmenting marriage and the torment that these two people put themselves through in their efforts to try and find happiness and try and stay together, actually.
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I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.