Quotes By Gwyneth Paltrow

The Jewish part of me is superstitious.

My playground was the theatre. I'd sit and watch my mother pretend for a living. As a young girl, that's pretty seductive.

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.

I sort of look at some peers of mine and I think, 'No, you've got it all wrong!' I just want to tell them all to have babies and be happy and not get sucked into that Hollywood thing.

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.

The older I get, the more open-minded I get, the less judgmental I get.

I try to avoid barbecue potato chips. They're my weakness.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

I have a very highly developed sense of denial.

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.

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

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.

I'm not sure how healthy bacon is in general, but I know it's incredibly delicious.

Taking care of yourself is being there for your kids, like how on a plane, they tell you to put on your oxygen mask first.

The simpler things are, the happier they are.

I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year.

The work gets more difficult as you get older. You learn more and you gather more experiences, there is deeper pain and higher highs.

I do 45 minutes of cardio five days a week, because I like to eat. I also try for 45 minutes of muscular structure work, which is toning, realigning and lengthening. If I'm prepping for something or I've been eating a lot of pie, I do two hours a day, six days a week for two weeks.

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.

What I've learned is I want to enjoy my life, and food is a big part of it.

Beauty, to me is about being comfortable in your own skin.

Because I was newly pregnant, I was sick as a dog, yet I knew all my lines from a year before.

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

My life is good because I am not passive about it. I invest in what is real. Like real people, to do real things, for the real me.

There have been countless times where I've worked out with my kids crawling around all over the place. You just make it work.