My life comes down to three moments: the death of my father, meeting my husband, and the birth of my daughter. Everything I did previous to that just doesn't seem to add up to very much.
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My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.
Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.
The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.
Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it.
I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious.
When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.
I wouldn't say I'm a mummy's girl, but I have grown to have a tremendous appreciation of her as a woman. I was very much a daddy's girl.
I'll immediately gain, like, 5 pounds even just by thinking about cutting out dessert. It's a nightmare. I decided, for me, the healthiest thing was to eat what I want and just exercise. Some women can watch what they eat, but I just can't do that.
I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?
I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.
My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.
When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.
I'll take my wrinkles. I don't like the Botox thing.
The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.
The simpler things are, the happier they are.
Could I use some butter and cheese and eggs in my cooking without going down some kind of hippie shame spiral? Yes. Of course I could.
I don't eat red meat, but sometimes a man needs a steak.
I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true.
The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.
I eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable.
I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college.
In Britain, they have a lot of laws to protect you, and we enforce them very strongly so that our children can stay private figures, and the British press leave us alone, which is great. It means we can go on the Tube into the centre of London because it's quicker and more fun for the kids. We can do normal things.
Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put in the back of the cab without having to collapse it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends.
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