Kate Beckinsale Quotes

I have a husband who literally worships me. And cleans the house. And blow-dries my daughter's hair.

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

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!

I don't tend to do much with my lips. My lips are naturally very pink, so if I add any more colour, it looks like I've been smacked in the mouth!

I am a Death Dealer, sworn to destroy those known as the Lycans. Our war has waged for centuries, unseen by human eyes.

Were I not married to the director, I'm not sure I'd know anything about the 'Underworld' sequel.

I think that dwelling on other people's perception of you is the road to complete madness, unfortunately. I try and resist that.

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

I dropped out of Oxford, and now I only speak Russian with the woman who gives me a bikini-wax. See what Hollywood does to you?

I didn't go looking to marry an American, it just kinda happened like that.

No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.

I'm a fan of action movies.

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.

Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.

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

I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.

I feel like I'm really lucky.

As an actor, your motives and your own crazy psyche is really all you're responsible for in the movie.

Sleep is like the holy grail. My trainer says if you're tired, your workout will suffer. Sleep is magic stuff.

On her daughter's pet rabbit: I don't think he liked being in a cage and wouldn't stop masturbating and humping his bowl.

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.

Apparently, I get facials and manicures all the time. I read this and think, 'Oh, I wish I did that!' I don't think I've had a facial since I was 19.

I feel like my brain is more geared towards a novel than it is to a movie.

I'm attracted to playing things that I find difficult, just because it's a journey that is much more interesting.

I think that at some point everybody turns into their mother or their father, it's just not normally from morning to afternoon.

I think I like playing the bad girl. I like complicated. I like flawed, messed up complicated. It's more interesting.

I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.

Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.

Job-wise, I did have a moment of panic that I should have been a doctor a few years ago, but I hate when people vomit.

I have to say, sushi freaks me out more than almost anything.

I'm surprised there aren't more celebrities in burkhas.

I have found being a mother has made me emotionally raw in many situations. You heart is beating outside your body when you have a baby.

I was a very difficult child, and the time I spent reading was about the only peace I gave my mother.

Given that I can't sing like Freddie Mercury, obviously I'm not going to pursue it as a career. What would be the point?

Always argue over text so other people aren't embarrassed!

I didn't feel very attractive as a child and actually I wasn't.

I feel like I've done a bunch of period stuff and then a bunch of romantic comedies.

I don't have a big career plan. I just like to see how things come out, and I just try to keep going in different directions.