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" I've nothing against stay-at-home mums, but I love going to work, I love what I do and I wouldn't want to start resenting my home life if I was staying home 365 days a year. "

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" 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. "

Keeley Hawes

Think

Children

Good

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met. "

" There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way. "

" I have quite a lot of anxiety dreams. "

" 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. "

" If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas. "

" 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. "

" When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden. "

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

Keeley Hawes

Theatre

Still

" I worked in McDonald's, but I didn't mind it. You got free cheeseburgers. I love eating a bit of junk food. "

" I'm not saying that every night of the week, my husband, ex-husband, our children and I all sit around together like one big happy family. But we do see each other frequently, and everyone loves each other, and we are all friends. "

" 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! "

" If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go at films. "

" I've never seen an episode of 'Downton Abbey.' "

" We're not an acting family, but my parents have always encouraged me. "

Keeley Hawes

Always

Family

" '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. "

" 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. "

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

" I've stopped worrying about whether people think what I do is any good. I've taken stick in the past, and I've genuinely worried and got incredibly upset. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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

Look

People

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

" My beauty regime is very simple. I just take my make-up off before bed. And oh, I always put moisturiser on. But that's about it, apart from a bit of soap maybe. "

" 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

Lie

I Am