Quotes from Gwyneth Paltrow

I put on the fat suit and went outside and walked around. I was really nervous about being found out, but nobody would even make eye contact with me. It really upset me.

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.

The Jewish part of me is superstitious.

Why I enjoyed doing Iron Man because it opened me up to this new world where fans are so passionate.

I think to have a regular job and be a mom is not as, of course there are challenges, but it's not like being on set.

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 love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?

Beauty to me is being comfortable in your own skin.

Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me.

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

I personally think fitness is a very important part of skincare and overall health and wellness and beauty. I think that the skin is our largest organ.

We've got a wood-burning pizza oven in the garden - a luxury, I know, but it's one of the best investments I've ever made.

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.

When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat.

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

I moved to New York from California when I was 11, so initially I was seen as the California person for a while. I didn't feel like I was popular, but I did feel confident.

I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda, it's still a fantastic, amazing place.

I'll immediately gain, like, 5 pounds even just by thinking about cutting out dessert. It's a nightmare. I decided, for me, the healthiest thing was to eat what I want and just exercise. Some women can watch what they eat, but I just can't do that.

I never thought that I'd be considered to have a good body. I was bony up top and kind of dumpy on the bottom.

Creating a meal for my friends and family, sitting together, eating, laughing and talking - that is when I am so happy. Oh my God, if you could see how much food I make - I am the original Jewish mother.

We have always conducted our relationship privately, and we hope that as we consciously uncouple and coparent, we will be able to continue in the same manner.

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 don't eat four-legged animals, but I eat birds, I eat cheese, I eat dessert. I eat everything.

Brits are far more intelligent and civilised than Americans. I love the fact that you can hail a taxi and just pick up your pram and put in the back of the cab without having to collapse it. I love the parks and places I go for dinner and my friends.