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" I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff. "

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" It's always nerve-racking to take off your clothes on film. But doing it with a woman felt safer than with a man. You know you can say, 'Don't grab me there: That's where my cellulite is'! "

" Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life. "

" We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more. "

" As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy. "

" There was a time I was very much blaming the way I felt on L.A, that it was a vacuum of creativity, of humor or anything organic, and I was really angry at the place. But then today I feel completely different - I love L.A.! "

" When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through. "

" Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached. "

" I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in. "

" Personally I feel, for me, it's tough to do Botox - but it's also tough not to! Sometimes, I think I need the help. Whatever anyone else chooses is fine with me - no judgment. "

" Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering. "

" As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental. "

" I think it's good to explore it. I don't feel bad about that... I mean, I think everyone has a sense of - has a dark side, has a - carries some sort of pain with them. And I find it fun to crack it open and go there. "

" Women in their 40s have gone through quite a few different things, and so the roles are going to reflect that. People say, 'Oh, it's done by 40,' and now everyone knows it's not. I actually feel like the roles are a lot more interesting. "

" There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work. "

" Parisian women have an inner elegance that's envied the world over. They are so relaxed about ageing and seem to acquire more charisma and beauty with time. Who wouldn't want to be like them? That's the trick - to embrace the natural progression of life and to be confident. "

" I had gotten to a place where I truly believed everything I was called: 'not sexy,' 'not funny,' 'too intense,' desperate.' All those labels they gave me, I took them because there wasn't a trace of my true self left. "

" I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore. "

" There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it. "

" Whenever I am in Paris, all I want to do is inhale a big plate of cheese. And in New York, my favourite thing is a toasted bagel with cream cheese. Not only do I not avoid carbs, I more or less have them in every meal. When I start denying myself foods, that's when I crave them. "

" On set is where I feel comfortable. The red carpet stuff, talking about the film, explaining your own life, it doesn't come naturally. It's all necessary stuff I suppose but it's not my strength. "

" Oh, I'm definitely a wild child. "

" I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine. "

" I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more. "

" It was total naivety that got me to Hollywood. I thought it was going to happen straight away. I told myself 'give it 5 years, there's no way I'll be here after that if it doesn't happen'. Cut to ten years later! "

" When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous. "

" Now that I have kids, I don't want to do so many daredevily things anymore. "

" Whatever is said about roles drying up, I intend to keep working. Certainly now the roles couldn't be more interesting - playing mothers, divorcees. I think it's going to be exciting to play a mother of teenagers. The longer your life, the deeper it gets. "

" I'm a tomboy now. I always wanted to fit in with my brother's group, so I climbed trees and played with lead soldiers. But I'm a woman's woman. I never understood women who don't have woman friends. "

" There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising. "

" The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure. "