Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes (64 Quotes)

I am very proud to be a part of such a fine company, ... Its roots have been deep in the culture of classic American beauty for decades.

There's a group I've been close to, since childhood. We spend a lot of time together.'

I would still travel for a shoot, but it involves a lot more logistics. The hours are so hard and long. That's why I think one movie a year would be plenty, and I could be at home the rest of the time. Gone are the days of doing back-to-back movies. That will never happen again. At least not until they're all in college.

He's chosen wonderful women to be with, and he doesn't hold a grudge.

The adrenaline of a live performance is unlike anything in film or theater. I can see why it's so addictive.

I had an absolutely, extraordinarily unpleasant evening last night trying to get there, ... I had all kinds of plane problems . . . but I was very, very sorry not to be there. It was going to be the highlight of my summer.

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.

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.

I don't understand what people's fascination is with our relationship. If we're in the same city, we go out... Sometimes when I'm in L.A., I stay at Ben Affleck's house. But it's not what people think. We're not together, I swear on my life.

I say what I think, and I stand behind what I say.

When she's older, I'll send her to Spain so she learns to speak Spanish fluently. I look at my friends' children in Europe and everybody speaks multiple languages. It's such a gift to go to a country and converse with people in their native tongue. It opens doors for you, so I hope she'll learn a lot of languages.

It's a very beautiful piece that explores mental illness and complications between people, ... But it's a very uplifting kind of triumphant story in the end It's not a somber piece at all.'

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.

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.

I try to remember, as I hear about friends getting engaged, that it's not about the ring. It's a grave thing, getting married.

It conjured such a lovely picture for me - you know, apples are so sweet and they're wholesome and it's biblical - and I just thought it sounded so lovely and clean.

Sometimes when things you love get really commercial, you end up feeling betrayed by it.

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

Oh my gosh. That's terrible. I had no idea. I've known her since I was a little girl. That's really awful.

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.

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.

As I absorbed life here and understood it better, I just completely fell in love with England.

When you're so out there in the public eye, people are constantly criticizing every aspect about you.

The Jewish part of me is superstitious.

It's great exploring a new area and it's less posh and more real, which my husband really appreciates, ... A lot of our friends live there, too, so I'm seeing a whole other side to London that I didn't know.

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.

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.

Beauty, to me, is about being comfortable in your own skin. That, or a kick-ass red lipstick.

I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college.

There's something that sort of weirds me out about actors who want to be rock stars, and the other way around too.

I really like where Tony Robbins says that we're all hypnotized to see beauty this one specific way, and it's true.

(Last year), I just had a baby and thought, 'I don't want to live there.' Bush's anti-environment, pro-war policies are a (disgrace).

It would have been a lot easier on Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston now if they had not talked to the press about each other and everything to begin with,

To have to imagine everything, sometimes it is a little bit daunting. Especially when they would tell you to react to something.

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.

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.

I think women who have breastfed understand what I'm saying, that if you get a boob job, it's more reconstructive surgery, actually, than cosmetic surgery. ... I'm sure when the time comes, I'll be in there doing something.

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.

I was very interested in art and art history. I probably would have pursued that somehow - working in a gallery or an auction house.

When I presented at the Oscars last year, everyone would say to me, 'Where's your husband Is there trouble in the marriage' ... And I was like, Why on earth would I bring my husband

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

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.

My dad always said he couldn't remember a time when I did not want to act.

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.

I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me.

Europeans are incredibly negative about America at the moment. I think they lose sight of the fact that the country's a very divided place right now.

Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.

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.

I made the mistake of working too much and it turned out to be really the wrong thing. I just had a lot of life in 10 years. I worked so much for so long. I achieved a lot early, but I wasn't very happy. At this point in my life, I have a real life.

I just have no more bad habits to give up.'