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" I don't throw a lot of parties. I find throwing parties a bit intimidating. "

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" 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. "

" People with Parkinson's are not some weird people on the edge of human experience. "

" What's great in the modern world is that it's becoming easier and easier for people to create without having access to large sums of money. They need access to certain technologies, but the cost is far less than it used to be. "

" We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" Nothing is quite so emotional and passionate as what goes on inside of a family. People are driven to distraction by a father or a mother or a husband. Or a child. "

" American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that. "

" The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership. "

" 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. "

" You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult. "

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

" I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. And I've so loved my freedom. "

" I love photography, and I love the art of photography. "

" Flesh sells. People don't want to see pictures of churches. They want to see naked bodies. "

" Girls go out together to see a chick flick or something. I loathe, I hate, chick flicks. "

" I've always been battling against my sense of dignity and refinement. I was embarrassed by any bodily functions when I was younger. I could never even blow my nose. "

" I'd describe myself as a Christian who doesn't believe in God. "

" I resent having witnessed the survival of some very mediocre male actors and the professional demise of the very brilliant female ones. "

" Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.' "

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

" The poor Oscars - they always get slammed in the press. "

" I don't believe that if you do good, good things will happen. Everything is completely accidental and random. Sometimes bad things happen to very good people and sometimes good things happen to bad people. But at least if you try to do good things, then you're spending your time doing something worthwhile. "

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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 don't share lots of the phobias that horror movies tap into. I don't mind spiders or snakes or darkness. "

" The most important thing is to bring people with Parkinson's into our world and for the public to have a real understanding of it, as they're beginning to have with autism. "

" 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.' "