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" I don't want to criticise my country, but there are times I feel Sting and myself have been treated unkindly. "

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" If I'm connected to an idea, it just doesn't let me go. All I have to do is catch up to the image in my head by doing the practical steps to get there. "

" My daughter Mickey is an actress, and I tell her women need to make their own films; they should always be looking for stories to develop themselves and go to acting class - not that she needs much prompting in that! "

" I don't know how happy I was when I met Sting. I always had this difficulty of not really knowing who I was. "

" There'll be years of teething problems searching for alternatives to oil, but they have to be embraced with passion because our oil is finite, and we're running out. Fact. "

" I like green juices in the morning, made from things such as kale, and cucumber and peppers; then in the afternoon, when the blood sugar goes down, I'll make a carrot, apple, and ginger juice. "

" Sting and I have six kids between us. A lot of members of our family have ADHD and dyslexia. "

" I'd never thought of directing as an option for me. I don't know why, because I'm incredibly bossy. I was surprised how collaborative it is. As the producer, you have to get the money and schedule on time, and that's not what I do best. "

" If you become more of a witness to the way you're engaging in life, you can catch yourself really screwing up some days! "

" We are putting value in the things that really are not valuable, things like commodities or disposable stuff that can bought, but the rainforest has been undervalued, because the value shouldn't be in the trees that you take out; it's should be with leaving the trees to preserve the life system that sustains life on the planet. "

" It's a very ancient culture, British culture. You can't be seen to be too wealthy, and you certainly can't be seen to be giving away any of your wealth either because that's sort of vulgar, too. It's funny, that, because in New York, if you are wealthy, you have to be philanthropic to be successful. "

" I like juices and antioxidants. I'm a health nut. "

" I've got to like myself, I think, through my relationship with Sting, who pours love over me. "

" I think I became an actress because I didn't know who I was, and I certainly didn't like the person I saw when I looked in the mirror. "

" I'm largely health-conscious and work out during the week, but I don't punish myself at the weekends. "

" I think it's fascinating that people take an interest in a middle-aged married couple and what happens behind our closed front door. "

" Our body is the only one we've been given, so we need to maintain it; we need to give it the best nutrition. "

" I get a lot of mud slung at me, and yes, I do take planes, but I feel that's my life. My life is to travel and also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of an irresponsible oil company. "

" I don't believe in carbon offsetting. Planting 60 trees so you don't have to say your Hail Marys that night? It's a crock. "

" I like producing, but I don't love it. I love acting. I got into producing because I had a bad time in 1989 when no work was coming in. "

" There's still this idea that women are over by the time they are 40, so that they can't play the love interest opposite a 50-year-old man. George Clooney is 52, but he's always on the arm of a thirt-something actress. He gets Vera Farmiga. You don't get a 50-year-old woman on the arm of a 30-year-old guy. "

" I took up yoga when I was trying to get my figure back after having my third child, Coco. "

" When I'm in public doing the glamorous-wife-of-rock-star persona, I don't want to disappoint, but when I act, I really like to leave all that behind. "

" Hollywood stops hiring their star leading ladies when they turn 40. It's very defeating. "

" I was operated on facially so much when I was young, and I had massive amounts of stitches. "

" I don't feel I want to complain about anything that's said about me. "

" I've had a few ghostly encounters. "

" Why was I so single-minded about acting? Acting wasn't in the family; no one went to the theatre in my street. It wasn't encouraged in my school. "

" As a late teenager, I had some puppy fat on me, and I noticed that I could put on weight. I have always been very disciplined because my mother was very beautiful, a very pretty woman, but she was immobilised by obesity. At her biggest, she was about 17 stone. And she was always on some sort of fad diet. "

" We all struggle to find our place, and schools can be cruel to kids who aren't part of a pack. "