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" I tell my girlfriends - 'Imagine if all the time you put into waxing and primping, you took all of that energy and put it into something useful.' "

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" When you're younger, being a redhead is... Well, my two brothers teased me no end. "

" I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically. "

" I just don't want to miss anything in the lives of my children while they are still young. It's why I don't audition for leading roles at all and why I say no to some of the supporting roles that I do get offered. "

" I'm happy with the idea of being a mum first and an actress second - I'm perfectly content for people to think of me as a stay-at-home mum, rather than an actress, if that is their perception. "

" You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box. "

" Being proud of who we are as people is more important than cutting into ourselves to create this false idea of beauty. "

" All I know is that I've ruled out wearing fairy wings. When I was nine I wanted to get married in fairy wings, and now I realize that's not cool anymore. "

" I love acting, love it. It's the greatest fun in the world. I've never had trouble feeling extremely grateful. "

" I love 'Monty Python,' 'Black Adder,' 'Fawlty Towers.' I'm a huge fan of British comedy. "

" I do consider myself to be a feminist. "

" You can't underestimate how traumatic divorce is for the children. "

" I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own. "

" I've auditioned so many times and been told I'm 'not sporty enough' or I'm 'not sexy.' "

" I love good food and I love to eat in nice restaurants. I love Japanese food. I love Gordon Ramsay in London; he is pretty amazing. "

" In Hollywood, you feel a responsibility to look less disheveled than you are. But I'm a mom, and I'm not good at putting time into prepping. "

" I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends. "

" An easy way to get people to like you is to make them laugh. "

" I'm not actually very good at the maintenance thing. I don't buff, exfoliate, pluck, rinse, moisturise, suck, bleach... whatever all those women do. "

" Anytime anyone compliments me on my figure, I'm wearing my Spanx undies. "

" Family is 100 per cent my top priority. "

" I auditioned for a movie recently, and when I went in, the producer said he'd told one of its stars, Naomi Watts, that he was auditioning me, and she'd said, 'She's so funny; she's a great actress - you should hire her.' What a lovely, kind, and supportive thing to do for another woman. "

" Growing up, there wasn't much emphasis on being nice or naughty. As a family, there wasn't much discipline. It was more relaxed at home, which I'm grateful for. "

" You can look in the mirror and find a million things wrong with yourself. Or you can look in the mirror and think, 'I feel good, I have my health, and I'm so blessed.' That's the way I choose to look at it. "

" I've never been a method actress; I've never been that person that wants to imagine horrible things happening in your own life in order to exploit them for your emotional being in the movie. I'm just not good at doing that. "

" Comedy has always been important in my family. If you got in a good joke at the dinner table, it meant more than almost anything else. "

" I love Monty Python, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers. I'm a huge fan of British comedy. "

" Am I disappointed occasionally by the lack of irony in some movies? Yes. "

" I think audiences have always wanted to see women in the movies, but every time a movie like 'Bridesmaids' comes out, everyone says, 'Oh how funny, people do want to see women in the movies.' "

" The most romantic thing a guy has ever done for me is starting a family. That's as romantic as it gets. "