American - Actress | September 27, 1972 -
The Jewish part of me is superstitious.
Gwyneth Paltrow
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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.
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My father, he was like the rock, the guy you went to with every problem.
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My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.
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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.
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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.
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If we were living in ancient Rome or Greece, I would be considered sickly and unattractive. The times dictate that thin is better for some strange reason, which I think is foolish.
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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.
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I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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