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" If you think you are beautiful in a scene, you will come across as beautiful. I don't think looks are important; I think what's important is if someone is sexy. "
Helen McCrory
You
Sexy
Important
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" I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think. "
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" I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. "
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" Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood. "
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" My own parents were very un-neurotic, so I never thought that I had to change enormously in order to become a parent. "
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" I've often sat down with people talking about a film I've been in, and they haven't realised I was in it. "
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" A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible. "
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" When I was 14, I told my mother I intended to be in the House of Commons in the morning, in court in the afternoon and on stage in the evening. She realised then a fantasist had been born. "
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" There are a lot of little lessons that can be taught around the home without sitting a child down and boring them to death with your philosophy of life! "
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" As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it. "
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" I love London, and it's a privilege for my children to grow up here. "
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" I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it. "
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" Literature is reflecting what is happening in life. More and more women are having relationships with younger men. It's partly that women are not losing their figures now. "
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" I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of. "
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" If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be? "
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" If I were in politics, I'd make both left and right sit down and make good decisions about national health. It's a huge problem, and it is something we all should be part of. "
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" The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself. "
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" In the area we live, there's a large show of children who run from one house to another house to another house. That's lovely because it means all the children play together, and all the adults get to sit around and have coffees and read the papers or go to the park. "
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" The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run. "
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" People who are exceptionally intelligent are often lonely because there are few people as intelligent as them. I have two little children, and everyone says: 'I hope they're doing well in school. I hope they're bright.' And I think: 'Why would anyone want their children to be the brightest?' Academia is a lonely world. "
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" I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it! "
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" Appallingly, I hadn't thought about it one jot. I never daydreamed as a little girl of getting married and having children. I was as surprised to discover I was getting married as I was to discover I was up the duff. "
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" I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it. "
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" I use my awards as doorstops. Others are in the office or in little cubbyholes in our library - they go between the books, because they actually look like arty pieces. "
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