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"I don't like everybody knowing what I'm doing, unless it's related to a movie. I don't like speaking to the press. I never did."
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"Washington is the only city in the world where you can go to a black-tie dinner and there at the foot of the table is a television set up to catch a press conference."

"I take a grave view of the press. It is the weak slat under the bed of democracy."

"I don't ever want to believe my own press clippings, good or bad."

"I think the relation between the monarchy and the press is very much a two-way street."

"They handled it very badly. It was disappointing and very humiliating. John York was very rude. He never consulted with me over what he said to the press."

"If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I."

"I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press."

"Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats."
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"For me, just being on the cover of a magazine wasn't enough. I began to think, what value is there in doing something in which you have no creative input?"

"I went to America on holiday when I was 17 and, before I knew it, I'd been signed up by an agency and had these obligations I didn't understand, but which I couldn't say no to. This industry chose me. But I did choose to make it fulfilling."

"I used to wear heels because I wanted to show people I wasn't ashamed of being tall. But I don't wear them any more because you don't have to wear heels to be beautiful. I can't even remember the last time I wore heels."

"I choose movies, I never choose roles. I look at the script. I look at the director. I look at the other actors - and then the role."

"You know, Mamet is not a huge writer of female parts. Most of his movies don't even have women in them, so I'm lucky I'm in it at all."

"A celebrity name is never enough for an intelligent mass market... truly successful businesses are born of passion and heartfelt interest."

"Having children is my greatest achievement. It was my saviour. It switched my focus from the outside to the inside. My children are gifts, they remind me of what's important."

"If I have a choice between putting my kids to bed and going to a party, I'll put my kids to bed. If I have a choice of going to a restaurant or having friends round, I'll have friends round. Every time."
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