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" Rock stars' wives have never been given an easy time. They weren't nice about Linda McCartney till she died. "

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" I don't know how happy I was when I met Sting. I always had this difficulty of not really knowing who I was. "

" When I wake up in the morning, I like to express my gratitude for being on the planet. That gratefulness makes me very present. "

" My life is to travel, and my life is also to speak out about the horrors of an environment that is being abused at the hands of oil companies. "

" I was in 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels,' and I like my bad boy movie movies. "

" When I first met Clint Eastwood, I bobbed him a curtsy. I still cringe about that to this day. "

" As a producer, I'm quite nurturing, I like working with inexperienced, unseasoned directors. "

" I love women; I have women friends, but I'm definitely a heterosexual. "

" I hope when people see that female-led production companies are working, there will be more of us. "

" I always seem to have a good time when I'm interviewed. I really enjoy the whole process of meeting another person and having that exchange, but you know, if I'd read all my press collectively, I know I'd just say, 'Well, I don't think I'll ever be interviewed again, thanks very much!' "

" There's still this idea that women are over by the time they are 40, so that they can't play the love interest opposite a 50-year-old man. George Clooney is 52, but he's always on the arm of a thirt-something actress. He gets Vera Farmiga. You don't get a 50-year-old woman on the arm of a 30-year-old guy. "

" We are putting value in the things that really are not valuable, things like commodities or disposable stuff that can bought, but the rainforest has been undervalued, because the value shouldn't be in the trees that you take out; it's should be with leaving the trees to preserve the life system that sustains life on the planet. "

" I'm lucky enough to have some celebrity light around me. I can go on a platform and say what I think to represent these voices that can't be heard. "

" The film industry is driven by male narrative. Heads of studios are often men, teeming with male executives everywhere you look, and so the narratives we have the screenwriters usually for male leads. Women tend to be second string: the girlfriend of, the secretary who becomes. "

" I'm very emotional about my animals. "

" There are some things I feel the need to pussyfoot around that I would like to... give vent to. But I realise the press isn't the place to do that. "

" We're all born into this world. Some are placed gently, others thrust into it, and still others abandoned. "

" Seeing our kids as grown up and taking their places in the world is just fantastic. "

" I think David Cameron is really not very passionate about the environment. He said all the right things. I don't think he's come through with anything that's tangible. "

" I like producing, but I don't love it. I love acting. I got into producing because I had a bad time in 1989 when no work was coming in. "

" I've had chronically bad stomach aches since I was a child. "

" My daughter Mickey is an actress, and I tell her women need to make their own films; they should always be looking for stories to develop themselves and go to acting class - not that she needs much prompting in that! "

" The scars on the face have always given me a sense that I'm not a very attractive person. I'm always unsure of myself, of my facial self. "

" I think having a good yoga practice and a spiritual practice is a recipe for living well and, hopefully, living longer. "

" I was brought up on a council estate in the countryside near Stoke Prior in Worcestershire, but I adored visiting the farm where my father worked. "

" The core is the most important muscle group in your body. If your core is not strong, the rest of your body is weakened, too. "

" I have such a fortunate life that of course I will have my detractors. I have a very endowed life. "

" The great thing about acting is you don't have to worry about yourself at all. I tend to just get out of the way of me and let something come through. "

" Sting and I have six kids between us. A lot of members of our family have ADHD and dyslexia. "

" Meditation is really letting go of all the thought processes or 'mind traffic' that gets in the way of just whatever is between you and space and consciousness. "

" In all the stuff I do, I really like it most when I'm being creative and collaborative, working with people who have my kind of energy around me. "