Gwyneth Paltrow

“I'm hard on myself, so I'm working on shifting perspective toward self-acceptance, with all my flaws and weaknesses.”

“It doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. It matters what you think of yourself and what your children think. So if anyone is going to ask my advice, I'd say, do what is right for you and don't give a shit what anyone else thinks”

“During the strict macrobiotic chapter of my life, I ate miso soup every day for breakfast and sometimes with dinner as well.”

“I'm sort of getting into the idea of nourishing your inner aspect and doing that by investing in your family and making a meal and creating time together.”

“I don't know who decided that skinny was more appealing than not skinny. It seems arbitrary.”

“I just had a baby. I'm not going to work unless it's something really special and meaningful, because I can't imagine missing all that time with my daughter.”

“What I've learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it.”

“I'll take my wrinkles. I don't like the Botox thing.”

“I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious.”

“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 have a very highly developed sense of denial.”

“My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.”

“I eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable.”

“I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.”

“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.”

“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 love to cook and feed people. I cook every day.”

“We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is.”

“The Jewish part of me is superstitious.”

“I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.”