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" Women should not have to adopt masculine traits in order to succeed. You should be able to stay as a woman, and in tune with your femininity, and still be equal. "
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" I find weddings really boring. They give speeches, your aunt kisses you on the cheek, and you're at a boring table. But it's different when it's your own. "
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" You have to list all your special skills on a form when you get an agent. There's fencing, stage combat, horse riding, motorbike riding, Spanish, French, German, whatever. I just ticked everything. I talk about 10 languages according to that form. I even ticked the extreme sports box. "
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" I've never been a method actress; I've never been that person that wants to imagine horrible things happening in your own life in order to exploit them for your emotional being in the movie. I'm just not good at doing that. "
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" It's a myth that you can have it all. You can't, but more importantly, I don't think you should want to. It sounds exhausting! "
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" When your parents divorce, it makes you grow up fast. I'd urge parents to strongly consider working things out. I'd work things out and I'd definitely stay put. "
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" I went to something like six different schools before the age of 12, so I was always the new girl and had to make friends quickly. It was difficult at the start because I was very bookish - I was literally sat in the corner reading books, with no friends. "
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" I breastfed both my kids for two years so, you know it was very tiring emotionally and physically. "
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" I never had the chutzpah to just come to L.A. and make it. I didn't have that confidence. I'm always surprised when I get a job. "
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" What I loved about breast-feeding was that bond of one-on-one time. The serotonin that's released calms you down and connects you to the baby. "
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" You know, motherhood is my favourite topic in my personal life and I won't shut up about it, but it's not something I want to discuss publicly just because of the amount of attention it draws to a small person who didn't choose to be exposed. "
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