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" Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together. "

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" No one has a right to comment on anyone's life or the choices I do or don't make. "

" Glamour to me is about remaining graceful and understated. "

" I often look at women who wear great jeans and high heels and nice little T-shirts wandering around the city, and I think, 'I should make more of an effort. I should look like that.' But then I think, 'They can't be happy in those heels.' "

" You have to forgive me because I have a habit of not winning things. "

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" Thank God I'm in touch with my emotions enough to be able to pick up my children, kiss them all over and say 'I love you' over and over. "

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" Life is short, and it is here to be lived. "

" I have been a parent since I was 25. That's a large chunk of my adult life. Mother or father, it transforms you completely. "

" I wanted to play incredibly challenging, multifaceted characters. Because we are all a puzzle. "

" I really believe in, 'Move on, live and let live, forgive and forget.' "

" It's very easy to be judgmental until you know someone's truth. "

" 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. "

" The good and bad things are what form us as people... change makes us grow. "

" The things that make me happiest in the whole world are going on the occasional picnic, either with my children or with my partner; big family gatherings; and being able to go to the grocery store - if I can get those things in, I'm doing good. "

" Playing Juliet in 'Heavenly Creatures' changed my life, and the role of Clementine in' Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' opened many new doors creatively. "

" I think heartbreak is something that you learn to live with as opposed to learn to forget. "

" One thing I love about being back is English rain. Looking out of the window now, it's raining, and the sky is dark; I love it. To me, those are reassuringly English things. I love it when it rains. "

" What I am very, very moved and struck by is that so many people in the world are often living a life that they hadn't planned for themselves. And they wake up one day and say, 'Hang on. Who am I? Is this really me? Is this what I really wanted?' And also, 'Can I change it? Have I got the courage to change it?' "