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" I feel my dad, I still feel his love, and I still love him. I would do anything to have him back, but half the reason that my life is good, has real, true value, is that he died. I would obviously rather have him alive, but he gave me so much in his death. "

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" Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Think

Great

God

" I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl. "

" I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say. "

" If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish. "

" I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Who

Know

" When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don't know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously. "

" In the theater, you go from point A to point Z, building your performance as the evening progresses. You have to relinquish that control on a film. "

" I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique. "

" I've had a very interesting career. I get to do amazing things and work with amazing people and travel and learn languages - things most people don't get the opportunity to do. "

" I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor. "

" There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Way

Stars

" I love to cook and feed people. I cook every day. "

" In Britain, they have a lot of laws to protect you, and we enforce them very strongly so that our children can stay private figures, and the British press leave us alone, which is great. It means we can go on the Tube into the centre of London because it's quicker and more fun for the kids. We can do normal things. "

" My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act. "

" I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true. "

" I find the English amazing how they got over 7/7. There were no multiple memorials with people sobbing as they would have been in America. There, they are constantly scaring people, but at the same time, people think nothing of going to see a therapist. "

" I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious. "

" My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Good

Life

" I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Nobody

Fat

" We've got a wood-burning pizza oven in the garden - a luxury, I know, but it's one of the best investments I've ever made. "

" I do 45 minutes of cardio five days a week, because I like to eat. I also try for 45 minutes of muscular structure work, which is toning, realigning and lengthening. If I'm prepping for something or I've been eating a lot of pie, I do two hours a day, six days a week for two weeks. "

" I never thought that I'd be considered to have a good body. I was bony up top and kind of dumpy on the bottom. "

" I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses. "

" When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat. "

" Creating a meal for my friends and family, sitting together, eating, laughing and talking - that is when I am so happy. Oh my God, if you could see how much food I make - I am the original Jewish mother. "

" Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Marriage

Business

" I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties. "

" The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs. "

" The Jewish part of me is superstitious. "

Gwyneth Paltrow

Superstitious

Jewish

" I'm sort of getting into the idea of nourishing your inner aspect and doing that by investing in your family and making a meal and creating time together. "