Gwyneth Paltrow

“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.”

“I really like cooking according to the season. I like to get creative with what's fresh.”

“Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business.”

“I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me.”

“When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.”

“I understand what it feels like not to like aspects of yourself. There have been times that I have felt really terrible about the way I look. I have the seed of that feeling.”

“I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year.”

“I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America. People don't talk about work and money. They talk about interesting things at dinner parties.”

“Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.”

“I love getting cookbooks - people will give them to me, and I read them like novels and file everything away.”

“I do 45 minutes of cardio five days a week, because I like to eat. I also try for 45 minutes of muscular structure work, which is toning, realigning and lengthening. If I'm prepping for something or I've been eating a lot of pie, I do two hours a day, six days a week for two weeks.”

“Invest in what's real. Clean as you go. Drink while you cook. Make it fun. It doesn't have to be complicated. It will be what it will be.”

“My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.”

“I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was seen as the California person for a while. I didn't feel like I was popular, but I did feel confident.”

“I love film. After a yummy meal for the whole family and some truly great friends, we often go out to see something beautiful and unique.”

“There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too.”

“The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.”

“Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.”

“I was having such a hard time when I made Sylvia. I gave everything I had for that role. It's one or two or three things I'm most proud of in terms of my work. But it was very dark.”

“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.”