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" I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school. "

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" I know movies are a function of our dream world. And when you project yourself on screen, it's easier to project yourself into what you were, not what you are. "

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" I'm thrilled when I get nominated. I don't count how many and I don't remember how many I've had. I just know it's a lot. "

" I think we all think we sound really good in the shower, where there's that nice reverb, and the water's drowning you out, and there is some liberation in the freedom of being totally alone and really going for it. "

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" I think the most liberating thing I did early on was to free myself from any concern with my looks as they pertained to my work. "

" People say, When you have children, everything changes. But maybe things are awakened that were already there. "

" I have a very busy life, and not many people who have a career and four kids go out a lot to the movies. "

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" I think I'm not a natural performer; I think I'm an actor. "

" Don't waste so much time thinking about how much you weigh. There is no more mind-numbing, boring, idiotic, self-destructive diversion from the fun of living. "

" Expensive clothes are a waste of money. "

" Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials. "

" All an actor has is their blind faith that they are who they say they are today, in any scene. "

" Some people are filled by compassion and a desire to do good, and some simply don't think anything's going to make a difference. "

" Show business has been really, really good to me because I can work and take a lot of time off, and I'm extremely undisciplined person. "

" There's no road map on how to raise a family: it's always an enormous negotiation. "

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" It's a good thing to imagine yourself doing something you think you can't. I do that every day because, basically, if I had it my way, I'd just stay home and think about what I'm having for supper. "

" Nobody can swashbuckle a quick-witted riposte like Emma Thompson. She's a writer, a real writer, and she has a relish for the well-chosen word. "

" I was offered, within one year, three different witch roles. It was almost like the world was saying - or the studios were saying - 'We don't know what to do with you.' "

" The progression of roles you take strings together a portrait of an actor, but it's a completely random process. "

" You win an Oscar, it can double the audience that you had before. "