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" The days of red carpet disasters are kind of over. "

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" The first time I was given money to shop for myself, I was 13 and staying with my godmother in New York. I went to Clinique and bought the three-step acne programme and felt so grown-up. "

" Ottolenghi sells lots of delicious sweet things, but my daily addiction is their unbelievable dark chocolate salted caramel biscuits. They're the best things in the world - I go through half a packet every night. I bring them out after pudding at dinner parties. "

" I'm a mixture of untidy and anal. "

" I want to feel I have the energy I will need as an older mother having a younger baby. It's really important that when I'm 51, and my daughter is 10, that I feel I can still run around and do things with her, and feel the energy of a slightly younger woman having their kids at school. "

" Every morning, I have a drink of spinach, blueberry, celery, carrot and Gillian McKeith energy food with linseed. "

" I was a very unconfident teenager. I wanted desperately to fit in. "

" I had a strong faith that I would, eventually, have a baby. "

" For me as an individual, it's important that I have a career as a role model for my children, that I earn my own money, and I spend it prudently and imprudently. "

" You don't find women with great confidence dressed as if they don't care. "

" I enjoy waking up in the morning and thinking, 'Who do I want to be today?' "

" If you want to make the best of yourself, you don't necessarily need to diet - you need to wear the right stuff. "

" I think I'm very focused and am quite a good multitasker, and I'm quite driven in knowing what my responsibilities are to my family and knowing what I've got to do to do that. "

" I've a big bum and chunky calves. My husband says I've got elephantiasis of the legs. "

" Careers, children and homemaking all come above preserving your appearance. Self-preservation is at the bottom of the scale. "

Self-Preservation

" I'd never have a facelift, as I have never seen one that looks good. "

" To me, the word 'workaholic' is a negative word. "

" I find it easy to dress other women, but when it comes to myself, I find it very difficult. I used to have no particular interest in clothes. Now I enjoy it more and pay much more care and attention. But I do get it wrong lots of times, and I'm like every other woman: learning from experience. "

" Perhaps British TV companies don't want women my age on screen. I don't know. "

" In America, there's a programme called 'The Swan.' They take 12 ugly people and call them 'ugly ducklings.' They spend six months and have everything done - plastic surgery, teeth, everything. And then they have this moment where their family is brought in, and they are revealed. It's scary. "

" There were times when rehab and the halfway house were very, very tough, but I never felt that I wanted to leave. "

" So many women buy these boxy, shapeless jackets. I always tell them to buy a jacket one size too small to get the right fit. "

" I've had these lips all my life, and I love them. "

" Don't look at your legs and think: 'They're fat.' Think: 'These things carry me around all day, and I don't have arthritis. Oh, and I've got great ankles.' "

" Even my basic, basic wardrobe is still pathetically colour coordinated. It just is. That is just me. "

" I would advise women not to be shy about admitting they've had Botox - it just shows you want to look your best, and there's nothing wrong with that. "

" Many women are pear-shaped and tend to wear jeans that are too loose. They need to focus on what jeans will re-proportion their body. "

" I'm having to learn to get the balance right, because if you want a full-time career, and you also want to be a mother who is there for your child, then you have to make sure that when you do spend time together, you're really there for them. "