Thandie Newton Quotes

#1. Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.

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#2. I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life.

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#3. Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

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#4. When I am out and about I feel watched. It's become second nature. The only time I get to be private is in my work. That is when I liberate the ego. The blessed-out sensation of liberating the ego.

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#5. I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take.

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#6. From about the age of 5, I was aware that I didn't fit. I was the black, atheist kid in the all-white, Catholic school run by nuns. I was an anomaly.

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#7. I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.

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#8. I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self, not my own, and it felt so good.

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#9. I never understood the point of juicing - I always thought I could get enough nutrients from eating fruit and vegetables - but now I'm a convert.

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#10. [We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat ourselves from the reality of death.

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#11. If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

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#12. If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in.

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#13. I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gorgeousness, they make up for in wisdom. I love ageing, despite the drawbacks - thinner, drier skin.

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