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" I remember, as I was hovering around 40, I thought each movie would be my last, really. "

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" I'm really interested in the collaborative thing. It's what makes it scary because you never know what it's going to end up like. But you hope. You put yourself in the hands of the best people you can find, and you're completely dependent on the kindness of strangers and their commitment. It's like this mutual delusion. "

" 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. "

" Leave me to the thing I love. I love acting. But being called 'the greatest living actress' - a designation not even my mother would sanction - is the opposite of good or valuable or useful. It is a curse for a working actor. "

" 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. "

" You can't suppress the things that make us human. It's pointless to try. "

" What does it take to be the first female anything? It takes grit, and it takes grace. "

" 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. "

" Having been let out of the barn once, I know I wouldn't be happy if I were home all the time. "

" There are wonderfully talented actresses. It's a really rich field. There isn't as rich a field of material. "

" The work will stand, no matter what. "

" I have a pretty good idea of what I am not good at and have it front and centre of my consciousness every minute I am doing it. "

" 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.' "

" I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence. "

" I think you have to listen to the people who are deeply unhappy. You have to find the source of it and not overreact to the craziness in it. "

" All that attention to the perfect lighting, the perfect this, the perfect that, I find terribly annoying. "

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

" Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children. "

" My family really does come first. It always did and always will. "

" It is well that the earth is round that we do not see too far ahead. "

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

" Expensive clothes are a waste of money. "

" I'm never so sure as I was in my mid-20s. "

" 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 always feel like I can't do it, that I can't go through with a movie. But then I do go through with it after all. "

" The interesting thing about being a mother is that everyone wants pets, but no one but me cleans the kitty litter. "

" Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too. "

" If I am not confident that I can portray the character perfectly on screen, I won't even try. "

" I can't do a lot of things, like golf. I don't like golf. I mean, I really don't, because I tend to like things that I can do right away. If I can't do it right away, I don't like it. "

" 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. "