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" The benefits of feminism for someone like my husband are fantastic. He can stay at home with the kids, he can take them to a park, he does the school run. "
Helen McCrory
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" America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to. "
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" I think I was brought up with an innate sense of responsibility because my dad was in the Foreign Office where you were in somebody else's country, and you were aware of your behaviour. And my mum worked for the NHS, so you were aware of your responsibility to your country. "
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" Childhood has definitely been invented, hasn't it? I think that's because people had children later, and we appreciate and cherish childhood a lot more. "
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" A perfect weekend in London has to start on Friday night, by going to the theatre, the Donmar or the National. It's a cliche for an actor, but I enjoy going as much as possible. "
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" I was a real art freak when I was a teenager. "
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" The only time I ever spend alone is when I am working or when my husband is away filming. I put the kids to bed and have an hour and a half in the evening for myself. "
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" I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it. "
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" What interests me about life most is people, and the why of the world. That's what theatre looks at: it examines life, and gives it a cohesiveness that life doesn't have. "
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" I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it. "
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" I was very lucky. I left college, and Richard Eyre was in charge of the National Theatre. I was offered the lead in 'The Seagull' with no experience and went on to do five plays there. "
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" It's what people create that makes my heart stop. "
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" I love theatre because it's just me and the audience. It's the litmus test in acting, to be able to sustain a performance over one, two or three hours. "
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" I can sleep anywhere! I can come off stage during the interval of a play, lie down for four minutes then wake up feeling better. "
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" You can be moved by a performance on set, but when you see it on screen, it does nothing. Yet there will be someone you simply didn't notice on set that on screen: bam! "
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" I was lucky to learn early in life that you need money for food and shelter, but there's no ambition in having money in the bank for the sake of it! "
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" Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood. "
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" I spent my teenage years in Paris when my dad was stationed there, and I'd look at women in their forties and think, 'That's the age I want to be.' "
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" I had a great start in television; the first thing I did was an episode of 'Performance' called 'The Entertainer' with Michael Gambon playing Archie Rice. "
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" I listen to Radio 4 all the time. I didn't go to university, so that's my further education. "
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" In the area we live, there's a large show of children who run from one house to another house to another house. That's lovely because it means all the children play together, and all the adults get to sit around and have coffees and read the papers or go to the park. "
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" As I've got older, I feel more confident in my body, so wouldn't want to tamper with it. "
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" I've become more confident as I have got older. I care less what others think. "
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" So often when you meet child actors, they're weird - they're freaks. No, I mean it, they're really odd people. "
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" A script is only as good as the director who's making it. "
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" If I were in politics, I'd make both left and right sit down and make good decisions about national health. It's a huge problem, and it is something we all should be part of. "
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" Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be. "
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" I love dressing up. But I'm very low-maintenance; the week before an event, I'll choose something as quickly as possible and that's that. If I can do my own hair and make-up, even better. I like it to be fun. "
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" If you're constantly frightened of being unhappy, how bloody exhausting must that be? "
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