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" I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it. "

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" I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses. "

" I have no maternal instinct whatsoever. Motherhood holds no interest for me. "

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" I am British. I love Britain for all its faults and all its virtues. My husband is American and I am largely based in Los Angeles, but whenever someone asks me where home is, I automatically say 'London.' "

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" Painters hate having to explain what their work is about. They always say, 'It's whatever you want it to be' - because I think that's their intention, to connect with each person's subconscious, and not to try and dictate. "

" Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing. "

" Patience can be a good thing - but not necessarily. Sometimes it's not so bad to be impatient. I'm a little bit too polite. "

" I think it's always hard for people to get their head around the fact that populist, commercial films can also actually be great works of art. "

" I am quite spiritual. I believed in the fairies when I was a child. I still do sort of believe in the fairies. And the leprechauns. But I don't believe in God. "

" I always love working with young actors, because there's always something to learn. It's always exciting to see the next generation and how they approach things and what's great about them and what's not so great about them. "

" I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time. "

" Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. "

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" When I came into the acting profession, it was quite hierarchical. You didn't sit at the same table as the leading actor. Sir Laurence Olivier, Sir John Gielgud... these were very, very intimidating and powerful people. "

" I'll tell you what me scares me is plastic. Plastic bags and plastic bottles and these things. Why does my water have to be in a bloody plastic bottle? The landfill and the ocean. And I don't know, I'm just terrified with the proliferation of plastic. "

" When you do a voice in an animated film, you don't see the finished product at all. You're not animating. You're not doing the voice on the finished product. You're doing the voice long before. "

" I was never a left-winger, actually. I was a pretend left-winger because it was more interesting than being a right-winger. "

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" There's nothing sexy about doing a nude scene. It's rather uncomfortable. I like dressing up rather than dressing down. "

" I'm not an impersonator. I'm a lousy impersonator, actually. "

" I drink just as much tea when I'm in Los Angeles as I do when I'm in London. I take my tea bags with me wherever I go. "

" I believe kids shouldn't be taught Shakespeare. They should experience it first by seeing a great production. "

" I've always found as an actress that the best thing to do in film or TV or theater is just to lose yourself in it. Think of the story, the character, the worlds we're in, and forget everything else. "

" I think we all have a dream of what it would be like not to work and grow heirloom tomatoes, and I do have that dream. It would be lovely. I do love gardening and all of that, but I do love my work. "

" I'm not strong-willed, actually. I'm a complete pushover. I love to be told what to do. "

" Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are. "

" I'm terrified of learning lines, and I've always been terrified that I won't learn them. "

" It's great to be queen! "

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" I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress. "

" It's a mystery, that thing about chemistry, because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on the set have great chemistry on the screen. And people who love each other in real life and love each other on the set have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever. "

" People often ask me whether I prefer theater or film, and the answer is that I prefer the one I'm not doing: The grass is always greener. "

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" All you have to do is to look like crap on film and everyone thinks you're a brilliant actress. Actually, all you've done is look like crap. "

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