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" It was difficult when I was very young because I was so separated from my family. When I was at school or acting in a play, I felt very much part of something, and then it would always change, and I would be by myself. "

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" I like to step outside of what people's idea of me might be. I suppose that makes me a bit of a rule-breaker. I like to take chances. "

Kim Cattrall

Chances

People

" My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business. "

" I've learned that I can't have a packed work schedule and a packed social schedule and a packed personal life; I need to just have time to myself to sit and breathe and unwind. "

" I don't want to be in boardrooms talking about hiring hairdressers and minivans. I'm not good at it, and I don't like to hire and fire people. I hate that. It's horrible. "

" I follow life's changes, continue with my time-outs, and remain curious about what's next. "

Kim Cattrall

Changes

Curious

" If my accomplishments frighten someone, it's nothing to do with me - that's to do with them. But the men who are in my life see me as a person - as a woman - not as a character I've played. "

Kim Cattrall

Life

Woman

" I found a lot of guys my age and older were absolutely terrified of me. Younger men weren't. "

Kim Cattrall

Age

Found

" In my life and career I want to embrace ageing because I think that's what's interesting. "

" I enjoyed making people laugh. I discovered that I loved that power over them. On stage, I felt I could really express who I was for the first time. "

" I have a very healthy dose of self-loathing. But I think we all have a past of being whatever our story was, of feeling not good enough. It can propel you to work harder and do more, but it can also be a tremendous trap, and you can't see beyond it. "

" As I get older, I find that cardio is less important to me. What I want to do more of is intense stretching. "

Kim Cattrall

Important

Find

" I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night. "

" Looking good has never been the most important thing to me. Maybe it's because I'm more conventionally, um, acceptable, so it's not an issue for me. I don't know. "

Kim Cattrall

Looking

" There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love. "

" Someone recently asked what I am most proud of. The thing I'm most proud of is that I'm in my 50s and I'm still a leading lady. "

" I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level. I like movies I can relate to. "

" You have to be desirable. And that's why so many woman of my age or even younger are pushed to Botox and plastic surgery, all the things that people say, 'Why do women do this?' Where do you go in your 50s in your career? "

" I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement. "

" Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that's the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life. "

" I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale. "

" I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us. "

" My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this. "

" Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope. "

" I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off. "

" When you're filming, you work 19-hour days and you know more about what's going on with your crew and co-workers than you do with your husband. You're away, you miss things. It's taxing. Relationships fail because of it. "

" I've seen some women who are not particularly attractive but they have an assurance, and there's something so attractive about someone who doesn't have to work so hard. "

" Your dressing area should be your private space. "

" I'm drawn to roles because they excite me intellectually and emotionally. "

Kim Cattrall

Because

Roles

" If I only did theatre I would have had to waitress, and I didn't want to waitress. "

" I was very close to my father. At the age of ten I wanted to do plays, and my father was very encouraging. When I applied to different acting schools, he was right there and very supportive. "