"The doctors say it dates back to a film where I had these huge prosthetic breasts because my character was breast-feeding. The weight of them, and of the baby, did my back in."

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"The doctors say it dates back to a film where I had these huge prosthetic breasts because my character was breast-feeding. The weight of them, and of the baby, did my back in."

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"We will spend more time in America, we're going to get a place in LA as hotels aren't great for the baby."

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"For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue."

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"People became more interested in my love life than in me, and that has a certain effect. You start to feel very empty and worth nothing, you start to become a piece in a board game you never wanted to play."

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"Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take."

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"As long as she is talented enough and passionate about doing it herself then I will be happy and support her. I think I will be sensible - my parents said I could only do it if I got my education and so I had something to fall back on."

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"For Closer, we've had five weeks. You go into every single word because it's very, very concentrated dialogue."

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