Kate Beckinsale - Quotes

• If I have children I am going to make sure people don't ask them, "Are you going to be an actor?" My mother said I could be anything I wanted except a policeman.

• It's wonderful to have the most important thing in the world there first thing in the morning. And especially in this business, where the opportunity to think everything is about you is there every day, now I really know that it isn't all about me.

• I try and take lots of vitamins and I don't drink. I do smoke, though, I'd be insufferable if I didn't smoke, you'd have to push me off a balcony I'd be so boring.

• If I ever have sex with someone I might be able to develop a sense of humor.

• I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.

• As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.

• No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.

• The first thing that we shot was the subway, [where] there was no air conditioning. It was boiling hot in there. The outfit was out of latex, I think – the stuff they make condoms out of. If it’s hot, it gets really hot. If it’s cold, it gets really cold. And in Budapest it goes from [blazing hot to winter] in one day. It was kind of uncomfortable.

• People should realize women aren't just whores or virgins, I want to see women who are real human beings.

• Everybody likes the underdog, because everybody feels like the underdog. No matter how successful you are, you always think, No one's being nice enough to me!

• With every project you do, you bring out a part of yourself, and it seems to be quite a good way of expanding a person.

• No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.

• I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.

• If someone had told me years ago that sharing a sense of humour was so vital to partnerships, I could have avoided a lot of sex!

• It's wonderful to have the most important thing in the world there first thing in the morning. And especially in this business, where the opportunity to think everything is about you is there every day, now I really know that it isn't all about me.

• If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.

• I always felt that anorexia was the form of breakdown most readily available to adolescent girls.

• I'm a mum first, that's my priority above anything, as much as I think this [acting] is an amazing experience.

• As a mother, you feel much more vulnerable. And when you're vulnerable, you're a much better actress.

• Being a mother certainly changes your perspective.