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Gwyneth Paltrow is a highly regarded actress celebrated for her versatility and acting prowess. Born on September 27, 1972, she has established a career that spans over three decades. Paltrow has been honored with numerous accolades, including an Academy Award for her role in Shakespeare in Love.

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“I was so bad with the food and alcohol in Nashville. If you saw me naked compared to what I looked like when I did Iron Man 2, when I was exercising every day - I'll get it back together, but I've never eaten so much fried food and white flour in my life, ever.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I can do short jobs. If I was still starring in three movies every year, there's no way that I'd be the person my kids want when they fall down.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“You'll never be happy if you can't figure out that loving people is all there is. And that it's more important to love than be loved. Because that is when you feel love, by loving somebody.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“If I could just walk around and light the candles with my finger, that would be kind of cool.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I always knew I wanted to act, but my parents neverencouraged me. If I was talentless, they didn't want me to be heartbroken.”

Ifs Want Wanted Parent Want Me Heartbroken

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“Much the way I want to know if my food is farm-raised, or wild, or if my orange juice is fresh or from concentrate. I also believe I have the right, and we as Americans all have the right to know what's in our food.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I am one of your biggest fans (Barack Obama), if not the biggest, and have been since the inception of your campaign....It would be wonderful if we were able to give this man all of the power that he needs to pass the things that he needs to pass...You're so handsome that I can't speak properly.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“If you carve out what you expect, that's how you end up getting disappointed, not living fully in the present.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“If you read something bad about yourself and it stings you, I've learned that somewhere that's a judgment I'm holding about myself, so I'll try to work through that.”

Ifs Trying Judgment I've Learned About Yourself

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“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 his [Ben Affleck's] house. But it's not what people think. We're not together, I swear on my life.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“For the most part, I try to be healthy and eat good things, but if you give me a baguette and some Camembert, I'm gonna eat it.”

Ifs Giving Trying Healthy Give Me Good Things Baguettes

Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“If I'm lucky, I can do a facial once a month.”

Ifs I Can Can Do Months Lucky Facial

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“If you go in in the morning and have had a rough night, dunking your face in ice water is really good.”

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“There are makeup artists sometimes that have a jade face roller. If you're really tired those are really good.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“If you have a very hot experience then shock yourself with cold water, it's very very good for the nervous system.”

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“I don't know if I came to this life with it or if it's something that came to me in my childhood, but I do feel that some of the things my parents said to me and how they raised me really stuck with me.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I remember when I started acting and didn't get a part and was really jealous of the girl who got it. My mom would say to me, "If you don't get a part, that means it's not your part. It's just not yours. You will have your parts." It really recalibrated me at a very young age to where I could be driven because I was trying to achieve things for myself, and that had nothing to do with what anybody else was doing.”

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“I cannot function if there is a physical mess around me. If everything is falling apart, I go on a cleaning frenzy.”

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“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.”

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“I wouldn't say I'm a very original thinker, but if I have a good experience with something, I'll want to take it further or adapt it in some way.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“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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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“On daughter Apple's accent: She says Mummy instead of Mommy, I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying basil and pasta the English way, as that really drives me nuts.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“If I have my daughter in the car and they are making me nervous, I'll do whatever I have to do. I keep a whole log. I take pictures of their cars, write down license plate numbers, everything. If they do it again, I can go to the police. I know my rights and, believe me, I will have them arrested. I will stop at nothing.”

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“I'll never forget it. I was starting to hike up the red rocks, and honestly, it was as if I heard the rock say, 'You have the answers. You are your teacher.' I thought I was having an auditory hallucination.”

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“Sometimes Harvey Weinstein will let me use the Miramax jet if I'm opening a supermarket for him.”

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“It is finally when you let go of what people expect you to be and people's perceptions of you that you're able to be the version of yourself that you're supposed to be - like in God's eyes. It doesn't matter if you're half crazy, or eccentric, or whatever it is - that you have to be true to who you were born to be.”

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“People who are criticizing... don't really get it, because if they did, they would like it.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“I've learned so much from being a mom about the kind of person I want to be, the kind of woman I want to be. Motherhood has taught me mindfulness. If you just parent on instinct, you'll screw your kid up for life. You have to be so mindful.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“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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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“Our marriage is between us. If we decide to continue being together or not, it's our business.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

“He [Chris Martin] can't have background music on. It has to be 100 percent of his attention. But if he isn't at home, I turn on the hip-hop. I'm like a bad mutha rapping along to every word as I cook.”

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Author:Gwyneth Paltrow

About the Author

Born: September 27, 1972
Known for: Actress
Quotes: 246

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