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" The great marriages are partnerships. It can't be a great marriage without being a partnership. "

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" Hollywood is a very small world; the people who matter matter, and the people who don't matter are just like nothing. "

" I am not too keen on my nose, I don't like my knees, I hate my ankles, I am unsure about my behind, I don't like my legs at all. I am not too sure about my chin, my forehead is a bit dodgy. But, overall, I can live with it. "

" It's great to be queen! "

" Humor in a relationship is so important. Many women will say that. Some say, 'If they can make you laugh, it's the sexiest thing on earth.' "

" I'd like to see a much more open Monarchy, myself. I used to think they were completely useless and we should get rid of them. I don't necessarily feel that way anymore. I'm still ambivalent, I still loathe the British class system, and the Royal family are the apex of the British class system. "

" When women get great roles in life, they start to get great roles in films and TV. Look at Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, and Mrs. Thatcher. Because those images are coming at us in life, they are reflected in acting. "

" I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful. "

" American actors who voice animated movies are so brilliant at it, because by the nature of American speak, it's full of energy and full of commitment. And as a British actor, we have to kind of learn that. "

" I don't get to play the same role over and over in different movies. The roles that I get to play are quite varied, which is great. "

" People become more interesting from about 25 - they develop character and their personalities come out. "

" I have to say, without sounding like a total tosser, that everything I've learned in life, and that has taken me out of my natural interior life, has been with men. They exposed me to things that I wasn't aware of. I learned from all the guys. "

" I've been working every year since I started acting, and I got many awards before I won the Oscar for 'The Queen.' "

" Where you grew up becomes a big part of who you are for the rest of your life. You can't run away from that. Well, sometimes the running away from it is what makes you who you are. "

" I'm not a communist, of course. But I do think that everything is down to economics. Capitalism doesn't change. "

" I met with Hitchcock when I was a very, very young actress just starting out and he was making 'Frenzy' in London and I was sent along to meet with him. He was very, very unimpressed with me and I have to say, I was rather unimpressed with him - but only because I was an arrogant, ignorant young actress. "

" I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we didn't have much money. Then that generation went, 'OK, great', and went into medicine or the police, and hit this wall of discrimination from older men who hadn't caught up. "

" Two phrases I hate in reference to female characters are 'strong' and 'feisty.' They really annoy me. It's the most condescending thing. You say that about a three-year-old. It infantilises women. "

" I don't like the word 'strong,' because a strong character is never an interesting character. A character is made interesting by their vulnerabilities and their weaknesses. "

" I drink just as much tea when I'm in Los Angeles as I do when I'm in London. I take my tea bags with me wherever I go. "

" I remember thinking, when I was in my early 30s, that this is the best age to be, and I still believe your 30s are a wonderful time. "

" There's a scary moment when you realise you're no longer the youngest person in the room. Especially if you've been a successful young person. That's followed, of course, by the realisation that you're actually the oldest person in the room. "

" I am so happy that I didn't have children. Well, you know, because I've had freedom. And I've so loved my freedom. "

" You write your life story by the choices you make. You never know if they have been a mistake. Those moments of decision are so difficult. "

" Gardening is learning, learning, learning. That's the fun of them. You're always learning. "

" I have done film, television and theatre - all at a pretty substantial level - I don't think it's possible for American actors to do that. "

" There's no good way to waste your time. Wasting time is just wasting time. "

" I was never that kind of star. I was never cast because I was gorgeous. "

" We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be. "

" The whole 'R' rating depends on a strange sort of fantasy land where all adults are responsible people, and children only ever go to the cinema with their parents. "

" I still suffer terribly from stage fright. I get sick with fear. Not every night, but at the beginning and on occasion - not necessarily when I'm expecting it. You just have to cope with it - take it on the chin and work through it, trying to use the adrenalin to perform. "