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I do have impossibly high standards.
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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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My body will never go back to what it was, and I wouldn't expect it to after three babies.
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I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
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I am not a hypocrite.
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'Harry Potter' really harnessed the imagination of so many young-adult minds, and it's the same with the 'Divergent' series.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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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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The experience of making a movie is far removed from watching the end result. It's exciting, but it still makes me squirm.
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Winning the Oscar was like winning all the prizes in one single night that I never won as a kid.
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It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.
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You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things.
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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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Just because society, and government, and whatever was different 100 years ago, doesn't mean that people didn't have sex, pick their nose, or swear.
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My skin still crawls if you call me a movie star. I get embarrassed. I think, don't be ridiculous. Maybe it's because I'm British. To me, Julia Roberts that's a movie star. But when people do call me one, that, I think, is an enormous compliment but, my God, is that a responsibility!
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You know why I fear people's judgment? Because I know they're judging. I know they are.
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Loving someone is setting them free, letting them go.
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Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated.
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In order to maintain that fire for acting and capture its essence, you can't let yourself be concerned with what people have to say about you. You just can't.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow.
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I want to end up like Judi Dench. I want to have nice consistent work, doing lovely things, no matter how big or small they might be. I'd like to turn into a wise old thing.
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There's nothing bloody wrong with wanting it at all.