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" When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends of mine. Hopefully it is improving, and there are female TV executives now who are championing women of all ages in leading roles. But I'm not counting on it. "

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Keeley Hawes

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" I went on two holidays as a child. It wasn't what people did where I grew up. "

" If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas. "

" I hope to be still acting when I'm 70 on TV, film and theatre. "

Keeley Hawes

Theatre

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" I'm not saying that every night of the week, my husband, ex-husband, our children and I all sit around together like one big happy family. But we do see each other frequently, and everyone loves each other, and we are all friends. "

" I love fashion; I adore it. I love the madness of it. "

" Botox and other fillers make everybody look the same, with the big cheekbones where they fill you up. It's much cheaper to have a fringe - it takes years off everybody. "

" It's a healthy thing to get some bad criticism. I'm still here and I'm fine, but I'd be lying if I said it didn't get to you reading the negative stuff. "

" I was never one of those teenagers who sang into their hairbrush. "

" There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me. "

" Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three. "

" I've nothing against stay-at-home mums, but I love going to work, I love what I do and I wouldn't want to start resenting my home life if I was staying home 365 days a year. "

" There have been times in my life when I have felt like I can't go out without my makeup on. But now I just put on some dark glasses so people can't see if I look rough! "

" There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way. "

" Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad. "

" If I was ambitious in my career, then I would have moved to the United States and given it a good go at films. "

" The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met. "

" When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden. "

" There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines. "

" My children have been all over the world, and I think it's so good for them: expanding their horizons and imagination and seeing how other people live. "

" There are all sorts of ways you can take somebody's identity or change your own, and a million things you can do with it once you have. It's quite incredible. "

" I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do. "

" I have quite a lot of anxiety dreams. "

" I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street. "

" When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them. "

Keeley Hawes

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Think

" I'm a total stationery fiend - I have drawers and drawers of lovely printed cards and wrapping paper. "

" Marriage and being a mother are absolutely crucial to my happiness and my life. "

" I don't punish myself. Life's too short. "

" I do love playing aristocrats, probably because it's so against type. So much more interesting than playing a version of yourself. "

" My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it. "