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The funny thing about children is that, whichever room we're in, that's where they'll be. If I'm in the bath, they'll want to be in there too, playing with the toothbrush pot or brushing my hair.

- Keeley Hawes

Want, Funny Thing, About, Pot

If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas.

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Amazing, Shows, Surely, Dramas

Botox and other fillers make everybody look the same, with the big cheekbones where they fill you up. It's much cheaper to have a fringe - it takes years off everybody.

- Keeley Hawes

Big, Other, Cheaper, Botox

I love washing, hoovering, ironing, you name it. I find it very therapeutic.

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Love, Washing, Very, Therapeutic

When I grew up in central London, we had six pavement slabs for a garden.

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London, Pavement, Central, Garden

When you get into your 40s, the roles do tend to drop off, and I've seen it happening to friends of mine. Hopefully it is improving, and there are female TV executives now who are championing women of all ages in leading roles. But I'm not counting on it.

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Drop, Leading, TV, Championing

There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me.

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Think, Could, Posh, Cockney

I worked in McDonald's, but I didn't mind it. You got free cheeseburgers. I love eating a bit of junk food.

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Love, Mind, Eating, Junk Food

The Turkish people are the friendliest I've ever met.

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People, Ever, Met, Turkish

In the adverts, I look like I do because 150 people have spent seven hours making me look dazzling. That's not me at all.

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Making, Like, Hours, Dazzling

There's always a sense of tragedy with icons. It happened to both the Princess of Wales and Diana Dors. A lot of people had grown up with them, and everybody loved them. Then, when they had at last found happiness, they were taken in the most dreadful way.

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Everybody, Had, Lot, Dreadful

I've stopped worrying about whether people think what I do is any good. I've taken stick in the past, and I've genuinely worried and got incredibly upset.

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Think, In The Past, Stopped, Worried

My beauty regime is very simple. I just take my make-up off before bed. And oh, I always put moisturiser on. But that's about it, apart from a bit of soap maybe.

- Keeley Hawes

Bed, Always, Very, Apart

I'm not saying that every night of the week, my husband, ex-husband, our children and I all sit around together like one big happy family. But we do see each other frequently, and everyone loves each other, and we are all friends.

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Week, Big, Other, Every Night

I don't like dirt. Cleanliness is high on my agenda, but I don't have a phobia of dirt. I'm just not keen on it. I don't really like dirty people or houses or smelly things.

- Keeley Hawes

Dirty, Like, Smelly, Agenda

I've never seen an episode of 'Downton Abbey.'

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Never, Downton Abbey, Abbey

'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values.

- Keeley Hawes

Production, Downton Abbey, Abbey

'Ashes To Ashes' is a victim of its own success. We started lots of trends. I like to think we had something to do with bringing back the high waist. It's so much more flattering.

- Keeley Hawes

Think, More, Like, Waist

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

- Keeley Hawes

Theatre, Hide, Rehearsal, Lines

Coming from a family where the parents had been together for 40 years, you never imagine that divorce is going to happen to you.

- Keeley Hawes

Happen, Been, Imagine, Divorce

Something like a divorce does change you, but children change you more, and now I've had three.

- Keeley Hawes

Children, Like, Does, Divorce

I've nothing against stay-at-home mums, but I love going to work, I love what I do and I wouldn't want to start resenting my home life if I was staying home 365 days a year.

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Love, Going, 365 Days, Home Life

I think if you do a lot of interviews, you're laying yourself open. If you put yourself out, accept every invitation to every premiere, then you can't really complain when people knock on your front door and photograph you in the street.

- Keeley Hawes

Door, Knock, I Think, Premiere

I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself.

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Next, Wanting, Sofa, Premiere

I'm a total stationery fiend - I have drawers and drawers of lovely printed cards and wrapping paper.

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Cards, Lovely, Total, Printed

When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them.

- Keeley Hawes

I Think, About, Smith, Dull

I happen to know there is nothing sexy or romantic about love scenes. They are just awful to do.

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Love, Romantic, Happen, Scenes

Life is simply too short to think about everything you put in your mouth, and it's not good for children to see you picking over bits of salad.

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Think, Salad, Over, Picking

I do love playing aristocrats, probably because it's so against type. So much more interesting than playing a version of yourself.

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Love, More, Against, Version

My husband is the chef of the family; he's a brilliant cook. Actually, it makes you quite lazy when you have somebody that's so good at cooking under the same roof. It's all beans or spaghetti when I'm left to run it.

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Lazy, Husband, Spaghetti, Beans

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