Gwyneth Paltrow Quotes
-
Some days I feel like everyone in my world has plugged themselves into my kidney. I'm so tired. But when you're having dinner with your kids and your husband and someone says something funny or you're dying laughing because your three-year-old made a fart joke, it doesn't matter what else is going on. That's real happiess.
→ -
I think the most clear, direct way to empowerment is to really know yourself and to really use your voice and to not be afraid of other people's reactions.
→ -
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.
→ -
When I venture out to eat, I like to go to places with food that I don't know how to make. So my favorites are Japanese and Indian. Indian food has so much layering of flavor, and the dishes go together so harmoniously.
→ -
If you carve out what you expect, that's how you end up getting disappointed, not living fully in the present.
→ -
Even actresses that you really admire, like Reese Witherspoon, you think, 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think, 'God, you're so great!' And then you think, 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course, it's for money and status.
→ -
Luckily, my children love broccoli, and although we sometimes enter into UN-like negotiations about how many 'trees' they need to eat before they can partake of ice cream, it is a vegetable that they tend to embrace.
→ -
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'm 43 years old, and I know who I am, and I own my mistakes. They're my business. And when somebody who doesn't know me has an opinion, it's none of my business.
→ -
[Moses] is obsessed with hip-hop and wanted a gold chain like his uncle Jay-Z.
→ -
I don't mind girls or boys. My mother gets upset when I say I want all girls because Apple is so fabulous.
→ -
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.
→ -
If you have a very hot experience then shock yourself with cold water, it's very very good for the nervous system.
→ -
She's French, so she's teaching them French, and their previous nanny was Spanish, so they're fluent in Spanish.
→ -
I really am a smoothie person. I love making a morning smoothie and then will drink some coffee and will not eat at all before lunch.
→ -
I eat whatever I want. I like bread and cheese and wine, and that makes my life fun and enjoyable.
→ -
I have an amazing team, and we find people who resonate with us, but sometimes our scope is still small because we are a pretty small group and we have so much work to do. We get approached a lot.
→ -
Spain is so different from the United States. It seemed to have a history, and the buildings are years and years and years old. Here in the United States an old building is about 17 (years old), and over there it's from 500 B.C., it's incredible.
→ -
Sometimes Harvey Weinstein will let me use the Miramax jet if I'm opening a supermarket for him.
→ -
I wasn't the high-school play queen or anything. And my parents would let not me act until I graduated from college.
→ -
I first had a version of this at a Japanese monastery during a silent retreat-don't ask, it's a long story.
→ -
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.
→ -
When I was starting out, I would get printouts of what was being written about me that week. At first it was all good things, and then it started to turn. I very quickly learned, "This isn't good, this isn't helping me." But it was a very important exercise for me in terms of really understanding that one's sense of self is internal. I have had an extreme opportunity to learn that lesson, and I think it's been such a blessed fortune.
→ -
Are you crazy? I don't want to wear ideas. I don't want to have all these complicated thing.
→ -
Religion is the cause of all the problems in the world. I don’t believe in organized religion at all. It’s what separates people. One religion just represents fragments, it causes war. More people have died because of religious conflict than any other reason.
→ -
My daughter is super ballsy. I always follow her lead. I actually don't need to encourage her to take risks. She likes to push herself; she wants to see how far she can get. It's really inspiring to see that in a young woman.
→ -
When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.
→ -
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.
→ -
Doubt, not self-reflection, comes from a destructive energy, and when it rears its head, I talk to it like a lunatic.
→ -
I'm a bit traditional in the way that I think that a woman draws her energy from the house. Food is a really nice way of expressing that energy and love, and doing something with care and putting time into it and nourishing your family.
→
Related Authors
-
Olivia Munn Actress -
Blythe Danner Actress -
Paul Bettany Actor -
Angelina Jolie Actress -
Jack Black Actor -
Brad Pitt Actor -
Scarlett Johansson Actress -
Cameron Diaz Actress -
Jennifer Lawrence Actress -
Robert Downey, Jr. Actor -
Gwen Stefani Singer-songwriter -
Charlize Theron Actress -
Ben Affleck Actor -
Chris Martin Singer-songwriter -
Mark Ruffalo Actor -
Katie Holmes Actress -
Jennifer Aniston Actress -
Bruce Paltrow Television Director -
Brad Falchuk Television writer -
Guy Pearce Actor