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" 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. "
Keeley Hawes
Life
Children
Good
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" When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them. "
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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. "
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" There are all sorts of ways you can take somebody's identity or change your own, and a million things you can do with it once you have. It's quite incredible. "
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" If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go at films. "
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" '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. "
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" Children will be children, and they're inquisitive. If teenagers want to know what's out there, they'll look, but there are things that aren't for their eyes. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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