I kept on going and I overcame my fears and got over my insecurities.
Acting is about being real, being honest.
Every woman has a mother, and every woman will have an issue with that mother and things that mother did or didn’t do. It just depends on how you choose to process the lessons that you learned from your own mother.
There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it’s time to go home and wash my knickers.
I struggle for what I believe in. Life is short, it’s impossible to repeat something; you have to take advantage of things when you can reach them.
I feel very strongly that curves are natural, womanly and real. I shall continue to hope that women are able to believe in themselves for who they are inside, and not feel under such incredible pressure to be unnaturally thin.
There’s something really empowering about going, ‘Hell, I can do this! I can do this all!’ That’s the wonderful thing about mothers, you can because you must, and you just DO.
There’s more to life than cheek bones.
The audience’s reactions are more important: if people believe in the love story, it’s because they love how we’ve acted. That’s the most beautiful award. It’s very important for me, people appreciating what I do.
I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given. Children orientate towards examples. That’s why I talk solely positive about my body in front of my daughter.
I have wrinkles here, which are very evident. And I will particularly say when I look at movie posters, ‘You guys have airbrushed my forehead. Please can you change it back?’ I’d rather be the woman they’re saying ‘She’s looking older’ about than ‘She’s looking stoned.’
I don’t have parts of my body that I hate or would like to trade for somebody else’s or wish I could surgically adjust into some fantasy version of what they are.
Mum and dad were very much friends, and up to life. There was no anxiety for anything when I was growing up, they just taught me to be me.
I have just wanted to be an actress. That’s always been my goal. I didn’t want to be famous.
I suffered from ‘No one will ever fancy me!’ syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
If you’re not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career.
I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given.
I think what you feel like as a teenager never really goes away. If you were teased for being fat or thin or having bad teeth, you’re always insecure about that particular area of yourself. So I’ve never thought of myself as any kind of beauty, iconic or otherwise.
Of course I believe in marriage. Commitment to one other person in life is glorious.
I was a wayward child, very passionate and very determined. If I made up my mind to do something, there was no stopping me.