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" I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street. "

Keeley Hawes

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Keeley Hawes

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" There have been times in my life when I have felt like I can't go out without my makeup on. But now I just put on some dark glasses so people can't see if I look rough! "

" Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad. "

" 'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values. "

" Botox and other fillers make everybody look the same, with the big cheekbones where they fill you up. It's much cheaper to have a fringe - it takes years off everybody. "

" It's very easy to keep putting off having a family if you enjoy your job, but you just have to get on with life. "

" I don't punish myself. Life's too short. "

" It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff. "

" I love washing, hoovering, ironing, you name it. I find it very therapeutic. "

" The funny thing about children is that, whichever room we're in, that's where they'll be. If I'm in the bath, they'll want to be in there too, playing with the toothbrush pot or brushing my hair. "

" When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends of mine. Hopefully it is improving, and there are female TV executives now who are championing women of all ages in leading roles. But I'm not counting on it. "

" Things can change on a daily basis in television. You can be introduced to aspects of your character that you had no idea existed because they didn't exist a week before. The next week it might be taken away from you in some way that you can't control. "

" I don't like dirt. Cleanliness is high on my agenda, but I don't have a phobia of dirt. I'm just not keen on it. I don't really like dirty people or houses or smelly things. "

" I hope to be still acting when I'm 70 on TV, film and theatre. "

Keeley Hawes

Theatre

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" I am not into action and adventure on holiday; that doesn't really do it for me. I would much rather go and lie down. "

Keeley Hawes

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" Marriage and being a mother are absolutely crucial to my happiness and my life. "

" I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself. "

" I was never one of those teenagers who sang into their hairbrush. "

" My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it. "

" My children have been all over the world, and I think it's so good for them: expanding their horizons and imagination and seeing how other people live. "

" In the adverts, I look like I do because 150 people have spent seven hours making me look dazzling. That's not me at all. "

Keeley Hawes

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People

" I do love playing aristocrats, probably because it's so against type. So much more interesting than playing a version of yourself. "