I Think It's The Strange Irony That We Make All These Life Choices Before We're 40, Because Really We Shouldn't Make Any Until We're 40. It Almost Feels Like You Get A Software Upgrade And You Start To Experience Life In Such A Different Way, Because You Just Don't Suffer Fools, You Go Straight For What Means Something And What Feels Good, And You Stop Caring About Pleasing Other People.

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The Work Gets More Difficult As You Get Older. You Learn More And You Gather More Experiences, There Is Deeper Pain And Higher Highs.

Pain

Difficult

Deeper

Doubt, Not Self-reflection, Comes From A Destructive Energy, And When It Rears Its Head, I Talk To It Like A Lunatic.

Reflection

Self

Doubt

Self - Belief Is Everything. Whether You Want To Start A Law Firm Or A Jewelry Business, Women Get Pushback, Societally. People Will Be Like, "this Is A Bad Idea." You Have To Have Enough Self-belief To See Where You're Gonna End Up And Not Let Anybody Derail You.

People

Belief

Jewelry

I Never Knew I Could Suffer So Much. And Then, At The Same Time, You Think, Now I'm Ready To Open Myself Up To Life In Another Way, To Make It Worth Something And Make It About The Right Things And Not Waste Time.

Grief

Thinking

Suffering

I First Had A Version Of This At A Japanese Monastery During A Silent Retreat-don't Ask, It's A Long Story.

Funny

Long

Dumb

I'm Trying To Be Good With My Skin Care Now That I'm Getting Older. I Really Do Think It's From The Inside - So Exercise, Hydration, Sleep, Sex.

Sex

Sleep

Exercise

I Do Really Believe That Beauty Comes From Within, Mostly How You Feel About Yourself And How You Express Love Of Yourself, But Also In The Form Of Nutrition.

Believe

How You Feel

Nutrition

To Be A Woman In Your Forties, I Think It's A Fantastic Decade.

Thinking

Fantastic

Forty

I Had My First Bowl Of Gazpacho When I Was Fifteen In Spain, And The Impression It Made Was A Lasting One.

Funny

Dumb

Spain

When I Venture Out To Eat, I Like To Go To Places With Food That I Don't Know How To Make. So My Favorites Are Japanese And Indian. Indian Food Has So Much Layering Of Flavor, And The Dishes Go Together So Harmoniously.

Together

Flavor

Venture

I Cannot Function If There Is A Physical Mess Around Me. If Everything Is Falling Apart, I Go On A Cleaning Frenzy.

Fall

Goes On

Cleaning

I'm Just A Normal Mother With The Same Struggles As Any Other Mother Who's Trying To Do Everything At Once And Trying To Be A Wife And Maintain A Relationship. There's Absolutely Nothing Perfect About My Life, But I Just Try Hard.

Funny

Mother

Struggle

There Have Been Countless Times Where I've Worked Out With My Kids Crawling Around All Over The Place. You Just Make It Work.

Kids

Annoying

Crawling

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.

Girl

Appreciation

Daddy

If You Have A Very Hot Experience Then Shock Yourself With Cold Water, It's Very Very Good For The Nervous System.

Water

Hot

Cold

I Basically Love Anything That Comes In A Hot Dog Bun... Except Hot Dogs.

Dog

Buns

Hot

I Personally Believe In Some Sort Of Divine Order - Or Energy. I Do Believe That Everything Happens For A Reason. I Do Think That When Something Bad Happens To Someone It's With The Purpose Of Awakening Them. I Do Think There Is Some Force Behind That. I Don't Think There Are Accidents.

Believe

Thinking

Divine Order

Some Days I Feel Like Everyone In My World Has Plugged Themselves Into My Kidneys. I'm So Tired.

Funny

Tired

Dumb

If I'm Lucky, I Can Do A Facial Once A Month.

Lucky

Months

Facial

As You Get Older, You Choose Friends Based On Not Only What Feels Resonant And Warm But If They're Bringing Something To Your Life. My Women Friends Are Incredibly Intelligent. There's No Posturing, No Competition. Especially In Los Angeles, I See Pockets Of Friends Who Are Very Competitive, And I Think, What Is The Point? I Would Rather Be Alone In Bed With A Book Than Have A Girlfriend Who Is Like That.

Girlfriend

Book

Intelligent

I'll Take My Wrinkles. I Don't Like The Botox Thing.

Wrinkles

Botox

When I Was Pregnant, I Couldn't Wear Fragrance. I Couldn't Smell Anything. I Couldn't Smell Flowers, I Was Very Sensitive To Everything. I Could Smell Orange Juice From Across The Room And I Remember Thinking, 'i Will Throw Up.'

Flower

Thinking

Smell

If Your Role Is To Mentor Somebody, What You're Essentially Doing Is Taking Stock Of What You've Learned, The Mistakes You've Made, The Successes You've Had, And You Kind Of Coalesce Them And Then You Translate Them Back Out.

Mistake

Mentor

Kind

It Is Finally When You Let Go Of What People Expect You To Be And People's Perceptions Of You That You're Able To Be The Version Of Yourself That You're Supposed To Be - Like In God's Eyes. It Doesn't Matter If You're Half Crazy, Or Eccentric, Or Whatever It Is - That You Have To Be True To Who You Were Born To Be.

Letting Go

Crazy

Eye

When I Was Twenty-one, A Friend Gave Me A Book Called Diet For A New America By John Robbins, Which Exposed The Brutal Practices Of American Factory Farms. That, Coupled With A Lecture From Leonardo Dicaprio (when He Was Nineteen And I Was Twenty-one) About How Such Animals Are Kept And Processed, Made Me Lose My Desire For Factory Farm Pork And Beef Right There.

Funny

Book

Animal

You Come Across [online Comments] About Yourself And About Your Friends, And It's A Very Dehumanizing Thing,it's Almost Like How, In War, You Go Through This Bloody, Dehumanizing Thing ... My Hope Is, As We Get Out Of It, We'll Reach The Next Level Of Conscience.

War

Next Level

Levels

I Am Who I Am. I Can't Pretend To Be Somebody Who Makes $25,000 A Year.

Funny

Epic

Who I Am

When You're So Out There In The Public Eye, People Are Constantly Criticizing Every Aspect About You.

Eye

People

Aspect

"just To Have My Kids Be In The Sun Every Day-picking Avocados, Going For A Swim," She Says. "even For Two Years Or Something, And Come Back When They Go To Senior School." Just What Kids Want To Do, Pick Avocados. Also: Senior School?

Senior

School

Kids

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?

Morning

Thinking

Wake Up

Luckily, My Children Love Broccoli, And Although We Sometimes Enter Into Un-like Negotiations About How Many 'trees' They Need To Eat Before They Can Partake Of Ice Cream, It Is A Vegetable That They Tend To Embrace.

Children

Ice Cream

Vegetables

Religion Is The Cause Of All The Problems In The World. I Don’t Believe In Organized Religion At All. It’s What Separates People. One Religion Just Represents Fragments, It Causes War. More People Have Died Because Of Religious Conflict Than Any Other Reason.

Religious

War

Believe

My Dad Always Said He Couldn't Remember A Time When I Did Not Want To Act.

Dad

Want

Remember

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.

Children

Fun

Mean

If You Go In In The Morning And Have Had A Rough Night, Dunking Your Face In Ice Water Is Really Good.

Morning

Night

Ice Water

It Changed Me More Than Anything Else. You Don't Want To Get To That Place Where You're The Adult And You're Palpably In The Next Generation. And, This Shoved Me Into That.

Glowing

Adults

Generations

I Try To Do One Thing At A Time To Utilise My Time Well.

Trying

Wells

My Time

When I Had Kids I Sort Of Went Into A Hole For A Few Years And I Think When I Came Out Of That, I Started To Really Become Myself And Know What Works On Me.

Kids

Thinking

Years

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.

Fun

Real

Complicated

Our Marriage Is Between Us. If We Decide To Continue Being Together Or Not, It's Our Business.

Marriage

Business

Together

I Really Worry About The State Of The Planet And I Wish Everyone Would Make A Concerned Effort Not To Trash It.

Worry

Effort

Wish

We Do Live In An Unsafe World. That's The Truth. I'm Dealing With That Now, With My Seven-year-old. He's Grappling With The Fact That The World Is Unsafe, And That There Are People Who Do Harmful Things. I Don't Think There's Anything Wrong With Presenting That Idea. We Can't Lie To Our Children And Pretend That The World Is Perfect, And Everybody's Happy, And Everybody's Out There To Do Good. It's Just Part Of A Bigger Conversation.

Children

Lying

Thinking

I Think The Most Clear, Direct Way To Empowerment Is To Really Know Yourself And To Really Use Your Voice And To Not Be Afraid Of Other People's Reactions.

Thinking

Voice

People

It’s Much Harder For Me... I Think It’s Different When You Have An Office Job, Because It’s Routine And, You Know, You Can Do All The Stuff In The Morning And Then You Come Home In The Evening. When You’re Shooting A Movie, They’re Like, 'we Need You To Go To Wisconsin For Two Weeks,' And Then You Work 14 Hours A Day And That Part Of It Is Very Difficult. I Think To Have A Regular Job And Be A Mom Is Not As, Of Course There Are Challenges, But It’s Not Like Being On Set.

Mom

Morning

Jobs

I Think That The Process Of Figuring Out What Kind Of Leader I Wanted To Be Was Challenging, Because As An Actor, You Work Alone, Really.

Thinking

Leader

Challenges

I'm Just Like Any Other Regular Mum; Cooking, Cleaning, Wiping Butts, Picking Up After Kids, Being A Wife And Helping The Kids With Their Homework. Mind You, I'm Terrible At Maths. I Can't Even Do My Six-year-old's Maths Homework With Her.

Kids

Math

Years

~i Think What Surprised Me The Most About Motherhood, As Sentimental As It Sounds, Is How Much I Love My Kids. I Mean, I Just Can't Believe It. It's Like A Whole New Dimension In Emotion That I've Never Experienced.~

Believe

Pregnancy

Mean

I Think My Days Of Trying Outrageous Things Are Over. I'm Not Looking For Trends, I Just Want To Be The Best Version Of Myself.

Thinking

Trying

Trends

I Sort Of Look At Some Peers Of Mine And I Think, 'no, You've Got It All Wrong!' I Just Want To Tell Them All To Have Babies And Be Happy And Not Get Sucked Into That Hollywood Thing.

Baby

Thinking

Hollywood

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.

Intelligent

Dinner

Parks

They Love A Brown Rice Stir-fry, But They Also Love Their 'coke Of The Week'...my Daughter Gravitates Toward Fresh Fruit And Raw Nuts But Will Inhale A Bag Of Hot Cheetos At The Airport. It's All About Balance.

Daughter

Nuts

Airports

You're Not Learning Anything Unless You're Having The Difficult Conversations.

Conversation

Difficult

Difficult Conversations

By 40, All Women Are Amazing.

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.

Party

America

People

I Really Wanted My Creams To Feel Luxurious And Have A Beautiful Finish, And It's Harder To Do That With Natural Ingredients.

Beautiful

Ingredients

Natural

You Can Call Me A Lot Of Things, But You Can't Call Me Complacent!

Call Me

Complacent

There Are Makeup Artists Sometimes That Have A Jade Face Roller. If You're Really Tired Those Are Really Good.

Tired

Artist

Makeup

If You Carve Out What You Expect, That's How You End Up Getting Disappointed, Not Living Fully In The Present.

Ends

Disappointed

Living Fully

There's So Many Ups And Downs, And There's So Many Pieces To Trying To Build A Business, And If The Intention Isn't Very, Very Clear And The Business Isn't Reflecting That Intention, Then It Makes It Much Harder.

Trying

Intention

Ups & Downs

Cameron Diaz Is Probably My Biggest Beauty Mentor Of My Friends. She Knows How To Do Her Own Hair And Makeup; She's Really Good At It.

Makeup

Hair

Mentor

I'm Not Great About Putting On Make-up, I Look Like A Wreck Half The Time.

Looks

Half

Wrecks

There's Something That Sort Of Weirds Me Out About Actors Who Want To Be Rock Stars, And The Other Way Around Too.

Stars

Rocks

Actors

As I Absorbed Life Here And Understood It Better, I Just Completely Fell In Love With England.

England

Understood

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.

Hippie

Eggs

Cooking

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.

Dark

Hard Times

Two

If I Could Just Walk Around And Light The Candles With My Finger, That Would Be Kind Of Cool.

Light

Be Kind

Would Be

[moses] Is Obsessed With Hip-hop And Wanted A Gold Chain Like His Uncle Jay-z.

Funny

Uncles

Hip Hop

Some Days I Feel Like Everyone In My World Has Plugged Themselves Into My Kidney. I'm So Tired. But When You're Having Dinner With Your Kids And Your Husband And Someone Says Something Funny Or You're Dying Laughing Because Your Three-year-old Made A Fart Joke, It Doesn't Matter What Else Is Going On. That's Real Happiess.

Mom

Husband

Real

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.

Meaningful

Daughter

Mother

Sometimes Harvey Weinstein Will Let Me Use The Miramax Jet If I'm Opening A Supermarket For Him.

Funny

Dumb

Use

I Think So Many People Give Us Ideas Of What We Are. I Think As Women Especially, Because We're Sensitive By Nature, We're More Vulnerable, We Absorb Other People's Ideas About What We're Supposed To Think Or Who We're Supposed To Be And How We're Supposed To Act.

Thinking

Ideas

People

You'll Never Be Happy If You Can't Figure Out That Loving People Is All There Is. And That It's More Important To Love Than Be Loved. Because That Is When You Feel Love, By Loving Somebody.

People

Important

Figures

I Am Convinced That By Eating Biological Foods It Is Possible To Avoid A Tumor.

Eating

Convinced

Tumors

It's Really Hard To Find Things That Are Worth Leaving Them For. [balancing Work And Motherhood Is] Really Hard. One Night In Nashville, My Son Was Screaming With A Terrible Stomachache. I Was Like, 'i Have To Get Out Of Here!' But We Had To Finish. My Friend Jenno, A Mother Of Three Who Was Producing, Was Great, Reminding Me That Nine Times Out Of 10, They Just Have Gas.

Mom

Mother

Son

Taking Care Of Yourself Is Being There For Your Kids, Like How On A Plane, They Tell You To Put On Your Oxygen Mask First.

Kids

Oxygen

Care

I'm An Artist, And The Need To Get Inside Myself And Be Creative And Be Other People Is A Part Of Who I Am. I Don't Imagine I'll Abandon That Completely.

Artist

Who I Am

People

People Have Become Inappropriate. People Have Pushed Too Far. People Have Climbed One Too Many Fences. I'm Just Tired Of It.

Tired

People

Inappropriate

I Love Men, Even Though They're Lying, Cheating Scumbags.

Cheating

Lying

Men

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.

Two

Pie

Trying

We've Got A Wood-burning Pizza Oven In The Garden - A Luxury, I Know, But It's One Of The Best Investments I've Ever Made.

Funny

Garden

Luxury

People Who Are Criticizing... Don't Really Get It, Because If They Did, They Would Like It.

People

Criticism

Criticize

I Remember When I Started Acting And Didn't Get A Part And Was Really Jealous Of The Girl Who Got It. My Mom Would Say To Me, "if You Don't Get A Part, That Means It's Not Your Part. It's Just Not Yours. You Will Have Your Parts." It Really Recalibrated Me At A Very Young Age To Where I Could Be Driven Because I Was Trying To Achieve Things For Myself, And That Had Nothing To Do With What Anybody Else Was Doing.

Girl

Mom

Jealous

I Love To Cook And Feed People. I Cook Every Day.

People

Cooks

The Best Way To Mend A Broken Heart Is Time And Girlfriends.

Friendship

Break Up

Broken Heart

I Don't Know Who Decided That Skinny Was More Appealing Than Not Skinny. It Seems Arbitrary.

Arbitrary

Skinny

Knows

For The Most Part, I Try To Be Healthy And Eat Good Things, But If You Give Me A Baguette And Some Camembert, I'm Gonna Eat It.

Giving

Healthy

Trying

Is It Better Not To Drink Alcohol And Eat Fried Food And Not Have Cheese And Never Have A Cigarette At A Party? Of Course, But That's Just Not Life.

Party

Alcohol

Cheese

It's The Difference Between Someone Who Loves You More Than Anything In The World Giving You Criticism And Getting It From Some Bitter Stranger On The Internet. What My Dad Said To Me Was The Kind Of Criticism Where I Was Like, "oh, My God, I'm On The Wrong Track." I'm So Grateful To Him For Doing That. He Was Such A No-nonsense Guy In That Sense.

Dad

Love You

Grateful

On Daughter Apple's Accent: She Says Mummy Instead Of Mommy, I Don't Mind That. I Will If She Starts Saying Basil And Pasta The English Way, As That Really Drives Me Nuts.

Daughter

Mother

Nuts

I Realised Life Is So Short And Precious, You Should Do Things That Make You Feel Inspired, That Push You And Teach You Something. I'd Rather Not Have A Big House, A Huge Closet Of Clothes, Diamonds And A Private Plane, And Instead A Body Of Work That I'm Proud Of.

Clothes

House

Body

I'm Superstitious. Before I Start A Movie, I Always Kill A Hobo With A Hammer.

Hobos

Hammers

Superstitious

I Wouldn't Say I'm A Very Original Thinker, But If I Have A Good Experience With Something, I'll Want To Take It Further Or Adapt It In Some Way.

Want

Way

Thinker

Because I Was Newly Pregnant, I Was Sick As A Dog, Yet I Knew All My Lines From A Year Before.

Dog

Pregnancy

Years

I Don't Hold On To Fear As Much As I Used To, Because I've Learned A Lot About Genuinely Not Caring What Strangers Think About Me. It's Very Liberating. It's Very Empowering, And I've Learned A Lot Of That From Jay-shawn Carter-z, Because His Approach To Life Is Very Internal. It's A Very Good Lesson To Learn.

Funny

Caring

Thinking

I Cannot Go To Sleep With Dishes In The Sink.

Sleep

Dishes

Going To Sleep

I've Learned So Much From Being A Mom About The Kind Of Person I Want To Be, The Kind Of Woman I Want To Be. Motherhood Has Taught Me Mindfulness. If You Just Parent On Instinct, You'll Screw Your Kid Up For Life. You Have To Be So Mindful.

One Year I Was Given A Birthday Present I'll Never Forget - A Cooking Lesson From Jamie Oliver.

Funny

Years

Dumb

I Find The English Amazing How They Got Over 7/7. There Were No Multiple Memorials With People Sobbing As They Would Have Been In America. There, They Are Constantly Scaring People, But At The Same Time, People Think Nothing Of Going To See A Therapist.

Thinking

America

People

I Try To Avoid Barbecue Potato Chips. They're My Weakness.

Trying

Weakness

Potato Chips

I Think Part Of A Beauty Routine Is How You Feel And Checking In With Your Inner Self, And So I Made That Commitment To Myself To Do That.

Commitment

Thinking

Self

I've Borne These Two Kids Into A Particularly Strange Circumstance. They Are Going To Have To Fend Off A Lot And Protect Themselves From A Lot Of Projections And Prejudice About Who They Are, Coming From The Family That They Come From.

Kids

Two

Prejudice

I Really Don't Like Drunk Women; I Think It Is Such A Bad Look. I Think It's Very Inappropriate And I Don't Like It. I Don't Really Have Drunk Friends.

Funny

Epic

Thinking

I Say What I Think, And I Stand Behind What I Say.

Thinking

Behinds

I Have An Amazing Team, And We Find People Who Resonate With Us, But Sometimes Our Scope Is Still Small Because We Are A Pretty Small Group And We Have So Much Work To Do. We Get Approached A Lot.

Team

People

Groups

I Look For People Who Have A Slightly Different Perspective And Are Trying To Move The Needle A Little Bit And Push Boundaries.

Moving

People

Perspective

I Definitely Don't Read Any Tabloids. You Really Have To Find A Way To Separate The Words Of People You Respect - Stranger Or Not, But Respectful Content, Positive Or Negative - And People Who Are Just In Pain And Projecting Their Own Sh*t Onto You.

Pain

People

Tabloids

One Cold Wintry Day In London, I Was Dreaming About Salad Nicoise—one Of My Favorites.

Funny

Dream

Dumb

I Don't Fit Into The Bad Side Of American Psychology. The British Are Much More Intelligent And Civilized Than The Americans.

Intelligent

Psychology

Sides

I Don't Eat Red Meat, But Sometimes A Man Needs A Steak.

Food

Men

Meat

Beauty Fades! I Just Turned 29, So I Probably Don't Have That Many Good Years Left In Me.

Funny

Beauty

Years

It's So Much Easier To Sit Home And Not Exercise And Criticize Other People. What I Love Is Inspiring People. People Come Up To Me And Say, 'i Want To Have Two Kids And Wear A Bathing Suit And Not Feel Terrible About Myself. I See How Hard You Work And It Makes Me Feel Like I Can Do That Too.'

Funny

Home

Kids

I've Learned A Lot About Genuinely Not Caring What Strangers Think About Me. It's Very Liberating.

Life Changing

Caring

Thinking

I'm Looking Forward To Becoming Older And Quieter.

Becoming

Looking Forward

Quiet

I'll Never Forget It. I Was Starting To Hike Up The Red Rocks, And Honestly, It Was As If I Heard The Rock Say, 'you Have The Answers. You Are Your Teacher.' I Thought I Was Having An Auditory Hallucination.

Teacher

Rocks

Answers

My Hair Is Pretty Wavy. And It's Coarse And Color-treated So I'm Big On Conditioner And Conditioning Masks.

Hair

Color

Mask

I Try As Best I Can To Really Put All I Can Into What I'm Doing. A Lot Of Days I Fail And There's Too Much To Do. I Do Think It's Really Important To Have Time To Yourself, Whether That's Reading Something Interesting When The Kids Are In Bed Or Even Having A Dog.

Dog

Reading

Kids

Sometimes When Things You Love Get Really Commercial, You End Up Feeling Betrayed By It.

Feelings

Betrayed

Sometimes

The Older I Get, The More Open-minded I Get, The Less Judgmental I Get.

Open Minded

Judgmental

My Golden Time Is After I Drop The Kids Off At School. I'm Usually Working On My Website (lifestyle Site Goop) And Checking Emails But I Try To Do Something At Least Once A Week - Like A Facial Or A Visit To The Osteopath - Something To Bring Myself Back Into My Body.

Kids

School

Trying

I'm Always Interested In What's Next Or What Is The New Kind Of Thinking.

Thinking

Kind

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.

Party

Talking

America

I'm Never Going Again On Met Gala. It Was So Un-fun. It Was Boiling. It Was Too Crowded. I Did Not Enjoy It At All.

Fun

Ridiculous

Enjoy

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.

Beautiful

Unique

Yummy

I've Always Been Very Independent. Even In Relationships, I'm Focused On The Quality Of My Life And Not Enmeshing Myself So Much With Somebody Else's Experience. But I Think There's Incredible Value In Being Married.

Independent

Thinking

Quality

I Think To Have A Regular Job And Be A Mom Is Not As, Of Course There Are Challenges, But It's Not Like Being On Set.

Mom

Jobs

Thinking

Every Time I Have A Bikini Wax, Cameron Diaz Holds Me Down.

Funny

Epic

Dumb

It's A Waste Of Time For People To Say Things They Think Other People Want To Hear, Or Try And Come Off In A Certain Way. I Try To Be As Honest As I Can.

Thinking

People

Trying

As You Go Through Life You Realize That The Love That You Have For The People In Your Life And Their Love For You Is All That Matters. It's Really About How You Regard Them And How They Regard You.

People

Matter

Realizing

I Don't Want To Be Rich And I Don't Want To Be Famous.

Funny

Dumb

Want

You Have To Know Why You're Rushing About. It's Ok To Rush About But It's Important To Know What's Driving You, The Positives Of It And The Negatives Of It.

Rushing

Important

Driving

You Know, I Use Organic Products, But I Get [laser Treatments]. It's What Makes Life Interesting, Finding The Balance Between Cigarettes And Tofu.

Funny

Interesting

Balance

When I Turned 40 I Thought, 'i Have To Really Make Sure I Have Time To Myself,' Because It's Very Overwhelming To Be Taking Care Of So Many People.

People

Care

Overwhelming

I Would Be Scared To Go Under The Knife, But You Know, Talk To Me When I'm 50. I'll Try Anything. Except I Won't Do Botox Again, Because I Looked Crazy. I Looked Like Joan Rivers!

Funny

Crazy

Epic

I've Had A Very Interesting Career. I Get To Do Amazing Things And Work With Amazing People And Travel And Learn Languages - Things Most People Don't Get The Opportunity To Do.

Travel

Opportunity

Careers

My Drive Is Something That I Don't Fully Understand.

We Feel It's Unacceptable To Be Fat, When It Has Nothing To Do With Who The Person Actually Is.

Fats

Feels

Persons

I'm A Real Blue Jeans Girl, I Wear Jeans All The Time And I Couldn't Live Without Them. Jeans And Blazers.

Girl

Real

Blue

I Cook And I Really Believe In The Family Dinner, I Think That's A Nice Time To Bring The Family Together.

Nice

Believe

Thinking

I'm Having So Much Fun Building My Makeup Business, And It's A Huge Responsibility. It's Not A Side Job. The More It Can Run Without Me, The More I'll Be Able To Go Back To Acting. For Now, I Feel Fulfilled.

Running

Fun

Responsibility

In My 20s Because I Was Working On Films So Much And Travelling So Much And Doing Press, I Was Single With No Kids And I Think That's The Time When Not Only Are You Trying On Looks, But You're Trying On Personalities - You're Still Really Forming.

Kids

Thinking

Personality

I Think My Favourite Thing Is Understanding The Responsibility Of Raising Two Human Beings And Putting Them Into The World.

Responsibility

Thinking

Two

In The Theater, You Go From Point A To Point Z, Building Your Performance As The Evening Progresses. You Have To Relinquish That Control On A Film.

Movie

Progress

Evening

When We’re Home Sometimes, She’ll Put On Mascara. And Sometimes I’ll Let Her Wear Something Out To Dinner – But Just A Little Dab. Also Having A Father Who Adores You The Way That He Adores Her Is Very Good For Your Body Image. The More We Can Love Her And Let Her Be Who She Is, The More Confident She’ll Feel.

Father

Home

Dabs

Spain Is So Different From The United States. It Seemed To Have A History, And The Buildings Are Years And Years And Years Old. Here In The United States An Old Building Is About 17 (years Old), And Over There It's From 500 B.c., It's Incredible.

Years

Old Buildings

United States

The Jewish Part Of Me Is Superstitious.

Superstitious

My Daughter Is Super Ballsy. I Always Follow Her Lead. I Actually Don't Need To Encourage Her To Take Risks. She Likes To Push Herself; She Wants To See How Far She Can Get. It's Really Inspiring To See That In A Young Woman.

Daughter

Risk

Needs

I'm A Bit Traditional In The Way That I Think That A Woman Draws Her Energy From The House. Food Is A Really Nice Way Of Expressing That Energy And Love, And Doing Something With Care And Putting Time Into It And Nourishing Your Family.

Nice

Thinking

House

I Eat Whatever I Want. I Like Bread And Cheese And Wine, And That Makes My Life Fun And Enjoyable.

Fun

Wine

Want

I'm 43 Years Old, And I Know Who I Am, And I Own My Mistakes. They're My Business. And When Somebody Who Doesn't Know Me Has An Opinion, It's None Of My Business.

Mistake

Opinion

My Mistakes

I Really Like Where Tony Robbins Says That We're All Hypnotized To See Beauty This One Specific Way, And It's True.

Beauty

Way

My One Light American Spirit That I Smoke Once A Week, On Saturday Night.

Funny

Night

Light

I Was Very Much A Tomboy For A Long Time, But As I Start To Get Older, I Realize I Better Actually Try To Preserve What I Have And I Better Be A Little Conscientious About My Regime.

Long

Trying

Littles

I Don't Know If I Came To This Life With It Or If It's Something That Came To Me In My Childhood, But I Do Feel That Some Of The Things My Parents Said To Me And How They Raised Me Really Stuck With Me.

Childhood

Parent

This Life

I Really Am A Smoothie Person. I Love Making A Morning Smoothie And Then Will Drink Some Coffee And Will Not Eat At All Before Lunch.

Morning

Coffee

Lunch

Bring A Raincoat, Definitely ... Or At Least A Little Umbrella That Can Fit In Your Bag, Because It Always Does Rain.

Rain

Doe

Bags

Be Really, Really True To Yourself. That To Me, Has Been Key To Me In Understanding How I Want To Live The Second Half Of My Life.

Keys

Understanding

Want

I Started Boxing One Day A Week To Experience Aggression, Which Has Been Really Interesting.

Boxing

Interesting

One Day

We’ve Been Married For More Than Eight Years Now And We’re Still Into It. I Think You Do Fall In And Out Of Love And You Just Keep Going, And Every Time You Go Through A Really Difficult Phase, You Rediscover Something New And It Just Gets Better.

Fall

Thinking

Eight

If I Have My Daughter In The Car And They Are Making Me Nervous, I'll Do Whatever I Have To Do. I Keep A Whole Log. I Take Pictures Of Their Cars, Write Down License Plate Numbers, Everything. If They Do It Again, I Can Go To The Police. I Know My Rights And, Believe Me, I Will Have Them Arrested. I Will Stop At Nothing.

Daughter

Mother

Believe

My Father, He Was Like The Rock, The Guy You Went To With Every Problem.

Boyfriend

Father

Rocks

I Know People That I Respect And Admire And Look Up To Who Have Had Extra-marital Affairs.

People

Looks

Affair

I Don't Mind Girls Or Boys. My Mother Gets Upset When I Say I Want All Girls Because Apple Is So Fabulous.

Girl

Mother

Boys

I Would Rather Die Than Let My Kid Eat Cup-a-soup.

Funny

Kids

Epic

We Have Always Conducted Our Relationship Privately, And We Hope That As We Consciously Uncouple And Coparent, We Will Be Able To Continue In The Same Manner.

Yale

Important

Able

I Personally Think Fitness Is A Very Important Part Of Skincare And Overall Health And Wellness And Beauty. I Think That The Skin Is Our Largest Organ.

Thinking

Important

Skins

[when] You're Dying Laughing Because Your Three-year-old Made A Fart Joke, It Doesn't Matter What Else Is Going On. That's Real Happiness.

Inspiring

Mom

Mother

I Remember When I Was Maybe 27 Years Old And Kind Of At The Height Of My Movie Stardom - It Was Around The Time Of The Oscar And This And That. I Think I Was Very Much Believing My Own Hype, Which How Could You Not? I Was Sitting With My Dad, Feeling Great About My Life And Everything That Was Happening, And He Was Like, "you Know, You're Getting A Little Weird...you're Kind Of An Asshole." And I Was Like, "what The Hell?" I Was Totally Devastated. But It Turned Out To Be Basically The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me.

Dad

Believe

Thinking

Beauty, To Me Is About Being Comfortable In Your Own Skin.

Beauty

Beautiful

Makeup

Some Really Famous People, Even When They're Off-duty, Have This Energy That Is Sort Of Overpowering.

People

Energy

Duty

I Have A Sort Of Sisterly Feeling Toward Him [ben Affleck]. I Want Him To Do Well And Grow Up And Be A Happy Person And A Fully Realized Man.

Growing Up

Men

Feelings

I'm Able To Be A Normal Mom For The Most Part. I'm In [clothing Store] Brandy Melville Like All The Other Moms.

Mom

Able

Normal

I'm Hard On Myself, So I'm Working On Shifting Perspective Toward Self-acceptance, With All My Flaws And Weaknesses.

Acceptance

Self

Perspective

Women Were Real Box Office Stars In The '40s, More So Than Men. People Loved To See Women's Films. I Think It Was Better Then, Except For The Studio System.

Stars

Real

Men

I Think The Most Important Beauty Lesson I've Learned From My Mom Is To Be Happy In What You Do.

Mom

Thinking

Important

The Adrenaline Of A Live Performance Is Unlike Anything In Film Or Theater. I Can See Why It's So Addictive.

Film

Theater

Adrenaline

Mornings And Afternoons Are My Family Time And I'm Lucky That I Can Drop The Kids Off At School, I Don't Have To Be At The Office Or Anything.

Morning

School

Kids

I'm Not Sure How Healthy Bacon Is In General, But I Know It's Incredibly Delicious.

Funny

Dumb

Healthy

My Playground Was The Theatre. I'd Sit And Watch My Mother Pretend For A Living. As A Young Girl, That's Pretty Seductive.

Girl

Mother

Seductive

I Wasn't The High-school Play Queen Or Anything. And My Parents Would Let Not Me Act Until I Graduated From College.

Queens

School

College

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.

Funny

Stupid

Epic

I Don't Really Understand The Concept Of Having A Career, Or What Agents Mean When They Say They're Building One For You. I Just Do Things I Think Will Be Interesting And That Have Integrity. I Hate Those Tacky, Pointless, Big, Fluffy, Unimportant Movies.

Hate

Integrity

Mean

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.

Family

Daughter

Mother

No. I Think They're The Idiot People And I'm The Normal Person. But I Don't Really Go To Parties Where...i Don't Really Have Drunk Friends. My Friends Are Kind Of Adult; They Have A Drink. But They Hold Their Liquor. I Think It's Incredibly Embarrassing When People Are Drunk. It Just Looks So Ridiculous. I Find It Very Degrading. I Think, Oh, You're Really Degrading Yourself Right Now, To Be This Pissed Out In Public.

Party

Thinking

Drunk

One Evening When I Had My Wood-burning Stove Going I Realized I Hadn't Thought Of Dessert.

Funny

Dumb

Burning

The Simpler Things Are, The Happier They Are.

She's French, So She's Teaching Them French, And Their Previous Nanny Was Spanish, So They're Fluent In Spanish.

Teaching

Nannies

Pretentious

I Don't Have Time To Devote To Putting Outfits Together Before Picking Up The Kids. I'm A Creature Of Habit And In That Way, I Tend To Just Go Towards What Works For Me And What's Comfortable. It's Really Important To Be Comfortable When You're Running Around After Kids.

Running

Kids

Important

Whenever I See 'dirty Rotten Scoundrels', A Total Comedy Classic, I Get The Urge To Feel The Breeze Of The South Of France In The Summer!

Summer

Dirty

Rotten

I Don't Eat Four-legged Animals, But I Eat Birds, I Eat Cheese, I Eat Dessert. I Eat Everything.

Animal

Bird

Four

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 Like To Dry Brush Which Is Really Detoxifying For The Skin. Exercise Is Also Really Important For Me For Balance And To Get Those Endorphins Going.

Exercise

Balance

Important

Occasionally I'll Come Across Something That's Just Annoying, But For The Most Part It's Irrelevant To Me.

Annoying

Irrelevant

There's A Portion Of The Movie Where Something Bad Happens To Me, And I Lose My Clothes Along The Way, So Essentially I'm Wearing A Bra And Trousers. There Are Certain Requirements, But Luckily I Have A Good Base Because I Work Out Often.

Funny

Clothes

Work Out

Beyoncé's Like, 'okay. The Singing Is Great. But You're Not Having Any Fun.' She's Like, 'remember When We Were At Jay's Concert And Panjabi Mc Comes On And You Do Your Crazy Indian Dance? Do That. Be You!'

Fun

Crazy

Singing

I Try To Do Things Where I'm Going To Feel Challenged In Some Way. I Only Really Do One Movie A Year.

Years

Trying

Way

I Try To Take Care Of My Hair Because It Sort Of Has To Withstand A Lot Of Blowdrying And Ironing.

Hair

Trying

Care

I Believe In Holistic Medicine, Yoga, Pilates And So On. But I Also Believe In Banana Split Sundaes Once In A While.

Believe

Yoga

Medicine

Physically, It Completely Changed Me. I Found Strength That I Never Thought I Had. And Mentally, I Mean, It's Taught Me Just Patience And Letting Go, And It's Really Changed My Whole Psychological Outlook, I Think.

Letting Go

Yoga

Mean

Understanding Quotes: Their Essence and Application

Quotes, or quotations, are powerful tools in communication, encapsulating ideas, emotions, and wisdom in concise expressions. They serve various purposes across different contexts, from academic writing to everyday conversation.

1. Defining Quotes

A quote is a repetition of someone else's statement or thoughts. It can be a direct replication of words spoken or written by another individual, often used to support arguments, provide evidence, or convey profound insights.

2. The Importance of Quotes

2.1. Enhancing Credibility

Incorporating quotes from authoritative sources can bolster the credibility of your work. By referencing experts or primary sources, you demonstrate thorough research and a solid foundation for your arguments.

2.2. Providing Evidence

Quotes serve as concrete evidence to support claims. In academic and professional writing, they validate points made, offering readers a basis to trust the information presented.

2.3. Conveying Emotions and Perspectives

Quotes can encapsulate emotions and perspectives succinctly. They allow writers to express complex feelings or viewpoints through the words of others, often more eloquently than paraphrasing.

3. Types of Quotes

3.1. Direct Quotes

Direct quotes involve copying the exact words from a source, enclosed in quotation marks. They are used when the original wording is significant or particularly well-expressed.

3.2. Indirect Quotes (Paraphrasing)

Indirect quotes restate the original message in your own words. While not enclosed in quotation marks, they still require proper attribution to the original source.

3.3. Block Quotes

Block quotes are lengthy direct quotations, formatted as a separate block of text. They are typically used for quotes exceeding a certain length, varying by citation style. For instance, in APA style, quotes longer than 40 words are formatted as block quotes.

4. Proper Usage of Quotes

4.1. Contextual Relevance

Ensure that the quote you choose is relevant to the topic and adds value to your content. Avoid inserting quotes solely for decorative purposes.

4.2. Integration into Your Writing

Seamlessly integrate quotes into your writing. Introduce them appropriately and follow up with analysis or commentary to connect them to your main points.

4.3. Attribution and Citation

Always attribute quotes to their original authors and provide proper citations according to the required style guide (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.).

5. Common Mistakes to Avoid

5.1. Overusing Quotes

Relying too heavily on quotes can overshadow your voice. Use them sparingly to support your arguments, not replace them.

5.2. Lack of Analysis

Presenting a quote without analysis or explanation can leave readers questioning its relevance. Always follow up with your interpretation or discussion.

5.3. Misquoting or Taking Out of Context

Ensure that quotes are accurate and not taken out of context, as this can mislead readers and undermine your credibility.

6. Quotes in Different Contexts

6.1. Academic Writing

In academic writing, quotes are used to support arguments, provide evidence, and engage with existing literature. Proper citation is crucial to avoid plagiarism.

6.2. Journalism

Journalists use quotes to provide firsthand accounts, add authenticity, and present multiple perspectives within a story.

6.3. Literature and Creative Writing

In literature, quotes can be used to convey character voices, themes, and stylistic elements. They enrich narratives and provide depth to storytelling.

7. Punctuation and Formatting

Understanding the correct punctuation and formatting of quotes is essential:

Quotation Marks: Always enclose direct quotes within quotation marks.

Punctuation Placement: In American English, periods and commas are placed inside quotation marks, while colons and semicolons are placed outside.

Block Quotes: For longer quotes, format them as block quotes without quotation marks, and indent the entire block.

8. Ethical Considerations

Ethical use of quotes involves accurate representation, proper attribution, and respect for intellectual property. Misuse can lead to plagiarism, which carries serious academic and professional consequences.

9. Tools for Managing Quotes

Utilize tools like citation generators and plagiarism checkers to manage quotes effectively. These tools help ensure proper formatting and originality in your writing.

Conclusion

Quotes are invaluable in enriching content, providing evidence, and conveying complex ideas succinctly. When used appropriately, they enhance the quality and credibility of your writing. Always ensure relevance, proper integration, and ethical usage to maximize their impact.

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