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" 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. "

Alex Kingston

British

People

Know

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" The cast of 'ER' is very close, and everyone has treated me so well. "

Alex Kingston

Cast

Well

" 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 have a computer and an iPad, but I have no interest in Twitter. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Californians don't have that marvelous British cynicism, but then the British can be so patronizing at times. "

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

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

" I normally have a healthy fear of journalists. "

" 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 don't think my looks are modern. I always imagined I'd end up doing Chekhov, Ibsen and Shakespeare all my life and never play a contemporary character. "

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

Alex Kingston

World

Because

" In America, people come up and to me, and I keep thinking they're going to say, 'Oh, I loved you on 'ER.'' Now it's, 'Oh, I love you on 'Doctor Who.'' "

Alex Kingston

I Love You

Love

" Even when I was at school, I wanted to be liked by everyone, even the bullies. I didn't like them, but I needed to know that they liked me. "

Alex Kingston

School

" I've never been a size zero, let me say that here and now. I've never been that sort of person. "

Alex Kingston

Now

Person

" 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. "

" If you are the one who is dumped, then you feel like your life is over. "

Alex Kingston

Feel

Life

" 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 enjoyed my schooldays, but I thought, 'I've got to get through it, and then my life can start.' "

" 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. "

" 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. "