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" Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times. "

" Children's programming in America, I think it's pretty shoddy in terms of lack of diversity. It's pretty much cartoons and Disney sort of shows. I don't find any of that stimulating for children. "

" Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like them, but I needed to know that they liked me. "

" For premieres, you get designers offering to dress you for the evening, which is nice. "

" Having been in Hollywood as a shadow, as someone who is almost invisible, I can see fame for what it is. "

" I don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and never play a contemporary character. "

" I enjoyed my schooldays, but I thought, 'I've got to get through it, and then my life can start.' "

" If you are the one who is dumped, then you feel like your life is over. "

" I have a computer and an iPad, but I have no interest in Twitter. "

" I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing. "

" In America, people come up and to me, and I keep thinking they're going to say, 'Oh, I loved you on 'ER.'' Now it's, 'Oh, I love you on 'Doctor Who.'' "

" In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children. "

" In England, there just isn't that fascism of beauty and physicality or whatever. You don't have to look like a gym bunny, all buffed up and a size two. You're not judged the way you are in the States. "

" I normally have a healthy fear of journalists. "

" I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible degree. You can really see their pain. "

" I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city; nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal in the States, and it's totally the opposite. "

" I think I'm an extremely good mother. I know I'm an extremely good mother. But I didn't realise how much it sucks out of you. "

" I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person. "

" I went through about 13 rounds of IVF before I got pregnant with Salome; it was very tough. "

" Most Americans don't even know that Minnie Driver is English or that Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh, but people are reminded every time 'ER' is shown that I'm the British Dr. Corday. "

" One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours. "

" Social media worries me because it's not part of my world. "

" The cast of 'ER' is very close, and everyone has treated me so well. "

" The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on. "

" When I was pregnant, I did Kundalini yoga. It was all closing your eyes, dancing around, and putting your hands together to form birth canals for people to pretend to be a baby coming out. "

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