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" Acting is embarrassing. "
Acting
Embarrassing
" Everyone has a point of view about corporal punishment. "
Point
Punishment
View
" Getting fan mail from Brazil is kind of funny. "
Brazil
Kind
Mail
" I don't know if I want to walk down the street and have everyone staring. I think that would be awful. I'm a pretty shy person, really. "
Think
Down
Street
" I feel lucky that I've managed to get the roles I've wanted. "
Wanted
Lucky
I Feel
" I have children, and they demand my full and complete attention. They get that when I'm at home, even during the night, but it is really hard, and I do wonder how a lot of women do it without bawling their eyes out every day. "
Day
Night
Home
" I honestly do think that every character - you pick up the things, little things that you like about them in your life. Especially if you play a character for a long time. "
Little Things
Character
Time
" I'm a fan of mindfulness, and if colouring in is a way of reaching mindfulness, then I think it's great. But I'm amazed that anyone has the time to do that. I certainly don't. "
I Think
Time
Way
" I'm incredibly ambitious, but I feel I've got a fantastic career, and I love the anonymity. I love that no one knows who I am. "
Got
Feel
Career
" I miss my friends in London, and I really miss New York. But I also miss the stability of staying in one place and being able to just open a drawer if you've run out of sticky tape and chuck a new roll in the holder. "
New York
Place
Run
" I never said I wanted to be a movie star. "
Movie
Never
Said
" I never spend more than a week away from the children. "
Away
Week
Children
" I personally don't resent having my children. "
Resent
Children
Having
" I think every character rubs off on you a little bit. "
Off
Bit
Character
" It's hard, but what's the point of having children unless you're there to raise them, I reckon. "
Hard
Children
You
" I used to buy things for every hotel room or every place I lived in to make it feel like home. "
Hotel
Feel
Home
" I've had really a great choice of roles that have been very different from one another. And I think I kind of set out to do that when I began my career - to aim to never play the same thing twice. "
Great
Kind
Career
" I want to have the great roles that move people profoundly. I want to have the choice and be given the opportunity to play those roles, and unfortunately, fame plays a huge part in that. "
People
Choice
Opportunity
" I was terrified of being a mum because I didn't think I'd ever be grown up enough. "
Ever
Think
Up
" I would love to get a job in France! "
Get
Would
Job
" Most mothers think they are bad mothers. We all make terrible mistakes, often, and always think we're getting it wrong. "
Think
Always
Mistakes
" One of the things I have loved so much about the career that I have had is that pretty much every character I have played is diametrically opposite to the one before it. "
Loved
Career
Character
" Parenting is meant to be just a natural part of life. You just think you know how to do it but, of course, it's much more complicated than that. "
Think
Parenting
Know
" Sometimes it's easy to do brave things in front of a thousand people, but it's hard to do them in front of a handful. It feels so much more exposing. "
People
Easy
Brave
" Trying to get over to the 'on camera' side of things has been hard work. "
Camera
Hard
Hard Work
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