Kim Cattrall
Shows like 'Sex and the City' got women involved again in a political way. They were drawn into the personal stories of the four women who together make up one complete cosmopolitan woman. We want to have community, and the show filled that void in our lives: friendship between women.Collection: Friendship
Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion.Collection: Dating
My family was going back to England to visit my mother's grandmother, who was very ill. We went up to Liverpool and I met my great-aunt, who was just a force of nature. She was an elocution teacher and a huge enthusiast for theater and the classics. I took her amateur acting class, and she was really impressed with me.Collection: Teacher
It's easy to diet or get off a diet when you've got a juicy role to play.Collection: Diet
Have you seen some of the women - and the men - in Los Angeles? They pay surgeons to make them look completely different in the hope of finding their youth. But youth comes from within. If you have a young attitude, then that can show in your face, the way you walk and move.Collection: Attitude
I take care of myself, which includes dieting, exercising and minimising stress. I joke that I've been on a diet since 1974, which is basically true.Collection: Diet
I'm a trisexual. I'll try anything once.
I wanted to understand pain and the human condition, which is full of pain and regret and sadness - and some happiness, if you're lucky.
Theatre is immediate, it's alive, you're there with the audience, it can't be done again and again and again and again, it's organic.
I'm a single woman of 56 and I see a lot of men my age with much younger women or women my age with much younger men. I've done both, and I still hope that when I do find someone I want to spend time with, they think I'm the hottest thing going.
I prefer younger men. In some ways, they are much more open to a woman being stronger and independent then some of the men my age.
Once you have a child, that becomes your life, and while that's the way it should be, I sort of have a love affair with my work. Having said that, many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.
What I wear is a reflection of where I am going and how I am feeling. If I'm in a good mood, it's got to be cashmere and jeans - just something comfy, soft and warm. When I'm down, I might find something that I haven't worn for a while that was bought for me - or wear a brooch or a pair of shoes that are like old friends.
There are many ways to be a mother. I have a lot of young actors I mentor, and my nieces and my nephews need a lot of love.
Talented people are written off once they hit their 50s and 60s, and the saddest thing is, we just get better as we get older.
I try not to listen to the shoulds or coulds, and try to get beyond expectations, peer pressure, or trying to please - and just listen. I believe all the answers are ultimately within us.
I've realized that the most important thing I can do to look good is just treat myself well, whether it's getting a nice, long massage or just lying low and not going out every single night.
I am not interested in being a Barbie doll and turning myself into a sausage for the next 20 years. I want to follow actresses like Helen Mirren and Judi Dench who have lines on their faces and aren't afraid of playing their age.
The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love.
Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat.
I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale.
I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there.
If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that.
Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures.
I don't read reviews because if they're bad I'm devastated and if they're good I get a big head.
I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie.
I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life.
I'm certainly not a prude.
I've always thought that less was a lot more.
My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this.
Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope.
That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do.
The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film.
Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic.
I like movies I can relate to.
I am no size zero or super-thin Hollywood actress. I am built for men who like women to look like women.
Being a biological mother just isn't part of my experience this time around. However, I am a mother who continues to give birth to ideas and ways of experiencing life that challenge the norm.
When I feel lost and can't make a decision, I just stop and get quiet. I take a time-out.
I always assumed that like my mother before me, one day I would have children.
My curiosity and my appetite for evolving as an actor is one of the main components of me still working today in the business.
I'm not a personality actress. I never have been. I have been a character actress.
My film career was always to support my theater career.
There's a positive side to film and television, the sense of feeding into the theater... Your fans will follow you, hopefully, and be open-minded to see you play other things and experience other stories you want to tell.
I'm so lucky to have a career in my fifties. And to still have the desire to do it. I don't think about retirement.
I like my life. It's good.
I'm smart with my money, I invest conservatively. I don't mind paying top-dollar, but I don't want to get ripped off.
I haven't played a lot of wallflowers but I have played women who have been vulnerable.
When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.
I had a great time in my youth and I still feel youthful. I've no desire to look as though I'm in my 20s.
I don't know many women who can relate to Sharon Stone and the kind of movies she does. I don't know a lot of guys who can relate to Tom Cruise's movies because they're on a kind of fantastic level.