Kate Beckinsale Quotes

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

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

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

"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."

"I grew up as an only child and my mother was also an only child, so we were both very passionate about reading. I think I passed that on to my daughter, who went plowing through 'Harry Potter' and every other book possible!"

"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!'"

"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."

"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."

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

"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."

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

"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!"

"There's such a pressure on women that we put on ourselves and everyone else puts on us to look unrealistic and everything, but you just can't compare yourself to people in magazines."

"I love my fan base because they never high-five me; they always get really shifty and hide. Adam Sandler's fan base are like, 'Hey!' and high-five him and want to hang out, but mine go behind pillars and get really freaked out."

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

"I think what's dangerous about being an actor who does action movies is you think, 'Well, I can totally handle myself now.' But if my opponent didn't know the other half of the routine, I don't know how well I'd do."

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

"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'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."

"I have more pet peeves than anybody: people talking in the movie theater, people eating in the movie theater loudly, people being rude, people making noise when you're supposed to be asleep, like drilling noises outside. I could be here all day."

"I don't really watch all that much television, I have to say, because I'm so intimidated by how many channels there are. I really cannot find my way back to anything. But I'm compulsively addicted to '24.' I love that show."

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

"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'm a fan of action movies."

"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."

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

"I can't tell you how many times I've gone to present at the Golden Globes, come home, whipped the dress off and read to my daughter wearing gazillion-dollar earrings. That's how it goes in my house, and I wouldn't have it any other way."

"Obviously I've had great experiences with people I've worked with on films - I've married half of them! I should come with a warning sign that says, 'Don't worry, I'm not going to try to marry you. I'm done.'"

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

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