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" In England, there just isn't that fascism of beauty and physicality or whatever. You don't have to look like a gym bunny, all buffed up and a size two. You're not judged the way you are in the States. "

Alex Kingston

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" I think if you live in London, it's such a cosmopolitan city; nobody even notices different-race relationships. I assumed it would be even more liberal in the States, and it's totally the opposite. "

" I love playing strong feisty women, I really do, but if you were to ask my husband he'd probably say that I'm very insecure. And actually incredibly malleable, which isn't necessarily a good thing. "

" I think a lot of actors need validation. If you see truly amazing actors perform, they expose themselves to such an incredible degree. You can really see their pain. "

" I went through about 13 rounds of IVF before I got pregnant with Salome; it was very tough. "

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" Social media worries me because it's not part of my world. "

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" One of my sisters is physically and mentally handicapped. She took a lot of my parents' attention, so I grew up in my own world, playing in my room for hours and hours. "

" For premieres, you get designers offering to dress you for the evening, which is nice. "

" The truth is, I'm not a coper. I hate stress. I might appear calm externally but internally it's all going on. "

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" When I was pregnant, I did Kundalini yoga. It was all closing your eyes, dancing around, and putting your hands together to form birth canals for people to pretend to be a baby coming out. "

" In England, 'Doctor Who' has always been considered a children's show, at least by children. "

" I normally have a healthy fear of journalists. "

" Children's programming in America, I think it's pretty shoddy in terms of lack of diversity. It's pretty much cartoons and Disney sort of shows. I don't find any of that stimulating for children. "

" I think I'm an extremely good mother. I know I'm an extremely good mother. But I didn't realise how much it sucks out of you. "

" Most Americans don't even know that Minnie Driver is English or that Catherine Zeta Jones is Welsh, but people are reminded every time 'ER' is shown that I'm the British Dr. Corday. "