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Women Are Always Self-effacing And Self-denying. There's A Term That Enrages Me, And I Always Used To Swear That I'd Never Play Characters Described That Way. The Term Is "long-suffering."

I Have To Say, Without Sounding Like A Total Tosser, That Everything I've Learned In Life, And That Has Taken Me Out Of My Natural Interior Life, Has Been With Men. They Exposed Me To Things That I Wasn't Aware Of. I Learned From All The Guys.

I've Not Won Different Awards - Many, Many Times - So Luckily I've Practiced That Whenever You Are Nominated For Anything, You Enter Into This Marvelous, Fantabulous Bubble Called The Bubble Of Nomination. The Minute The Envelope Is Opened And Your Name Isn't Called Out, The Bubble Bursts. And No One Calls You Up The Next Day To Say, 'so Sorry You Didn't Win,' Or 'you Looked Gorgeous - Nothing. If You Win, You Get About Another 24 Hours In That Lovely Bubble And Then - Pop - You Are Slightly Wet All Over From The Bubble And Realize That You Have To Get On With Real Life.

I Don't Throw A Lot Of Parties. I Find Throwing Parties A Bit Intimidating.

When Women Get Great Roles In Life, They Start To Get Great Roles In Films And Tv. Look At Janet Reno, Madeleine Albright, And Mrs. Thatcher. Because Those Images Are Coming At Us In Life, They Are Reflected In Acting.