I was the kid who never won the races. I never jumped the highest. I wasn’t on the list of the high-achieving.
I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
I’m not very technically minded. I mean, I don’t know how to do e-mail on computers.
If I had a child, I wouldn’t let them go to drama school. At times, I was really unhappy there.
In films I might look glamorous, but I’ve been in hair and make-up for two hours.
There’s not an awful lot that embarrasses me. I’m the kind of actress that absolutely believes in exposing myself.
I danced a lot when I was younger, and I’ve always had decent, shapely legs and thought it’s now or never. I mean, when you’re pushing 40, are you really going to wander around in a dress that’s midthigh length?
I think I’m developing a kind of subconscious loathing of the word ‘franchise.’ I just think of something that’s packaged, something you can buy on a shelf and is immediately disposable. I don’t know. It’s a really weird word for me.
I never had crushes on anybody when I was younger; I really didn’t.
I love to cook. I could never give that up.
I hope I’m always learning something.
I’d much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.
So I won an Oscar. It’s amazing. I’ve got that for the rest of my life for a performance I am proud of. It nearly killed me. I am really proud of the film. That’s it, moving on.
Honestly, among my acquaintances there is no woman wearing XS.
I do endless chopping and preparing things. I really find that relaxing. I do a lot of thinking as I am chopping and cooking.
Plastic surgery and breast implants are fine for people who want that, if it makes them feel better about who they are. But, it makes these people, actors especially, fantasy figures for a fantasy world. Acting is about being real being honest.
A lot of the girls were awful, very catty. It was a competitive environment that I didn’t like. You have no idea of the anorexia I saw around me.
I am enjoying my face changing, as well as realizing that at the same time, as you get older, the machine isn’t as well-oiled as it was.
I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
I do think it’s important for young women to know that magazine covers are retouched. People don’t really look like that.