I like the diversity that my children are exposed to every day. I love the way their brains work. Joe [her son] turns to me the other day and says, ‘One day, I will have a girlfriend. But I might have a boyfriend. If I’m gay.’ He’s 7! And I said, ‘You might have a girlfriend or a boyfriend, darling.’ And he said, ‘Which would you prefer?’ And I said, ‘My love, that would be entirely up to you, and it doesn’t make any difference to me.’ But that he knows! It’s a real privilege. Talk about the best education.

When you're telling a story, I think you should tell it to its fullest, with reckless abandon, and absolutely let it be what it is.

If you're not still learning and growing as an actor, then you have no backbone and no career

I'd much rather be known as some curvy Kate than as some skinny stick.

I'll go to Tracie Martyn about a week before and get the Resculpting Facial. It makes you look brighter, healthier... like you got some extra rest. I'm 33 now and need to treat my skin, otherwise it doesn't look fresh.

I'm not very technically minded. I mean, I don't know how to do e-mail on computers.

I love to cook; I cook every day. Chicken features a lot in our lives.