I can do short jobs. If I was still starring in three movies every year, there’s no way that I’d be the person my kids want when they fall down. - Gwyneth Paltrow

I've learned so much from being a mom about the kind of person I want to be, the kind of woman I want to be. Motherhood has taught me mindfulness. If you just parent on instinct, you'll screw your kid up for life. You have to be so mindful."

It's nice to be recognized for your work with an Oscar, but I don't let it define me, ... [but] when I’m home with my kids, I’m still just Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow.

I don’t really have drunk friends. My friends are kind of adult; they have a drink. But they hold their liquor. I think it’s incredibly embarrassing when people are drunk. It just looks so ridiculous. I find it very degrading.