On Her Refined Tastes
"People tend to think that I eat just seaweed and a bit of air," she said in an interview with BBC News' Hard Talk. In reality, the actress said, "I have never had a horrible experience with French fries. French fries are my life!"
A Gwyneth Paltrow Toast
"Cheers to our hairless vaginas!" (on The Kyle and Jackie O Show)
On Comparing Online Trolls to War
"You come across [online comments] about yourself and about your friends, and it's a very dehumanizing thing," she said in a 2014 Code Conference (as excerpted by Fox News). "It's almost like, how in war, you go through this bloody dehumanizing thing and then something is defined out of it."
On Her Parisian Concierge
"When you go to Paris and your concierge sends you to some restaurant because they get a kickback, it's like, ‘No. Where should I really be? Where is the great bar with organic wine? Where do I get a bikini wax in Paris?'" she told Elle in 2011.
On Life Across the Pond
"I love the English way, which is not as capitalistic as it is in America," she told The Guardian in 2006. "People don't talk about work and money; they talk about interesting things at dinner parties.
On Zucchini
"When I pass a flowering zucchini plant in a garden, my heart skips a beat." (in My Father's Daughter)
On Waxing
"Every time I have a bikini wax, Cameron Diaz holds me down." (on The Kyle and Jackie O Show)
On Aging
"Beauty fades! I just turned 29, so I probably don't have that many good years left in me." (to NY Rock)
On Her Risqué Premiere Dress
"I don't think I can tell this story on TV...Well, let's just say everyone went scrambling for a razor. I work a '70s vibe. You know what I mean?" (on Ellen)
On Her Butt
"I said, 'You know, this isn't so bad for 40, right?' And [my friend] goes, 'It's not so bad for a 22-year-old stripper!'" (at the opening of Tracy Anderson's flagship studio in L.A.)
On Meeting Tracy Anderson
"She pulled my pants off. I'll never forget it. She was like, ‘Oh, my God, wow, I just am so surprised, because you look so good in clothes. I wasn't expecting this." (to Redbook)
On Saying No to Botox
"I've probably tried everything. I would be scared to go under the knife, but you know, talk to me when I'm 50. I'll try anything. Except I won't do Botox again, because I looked crazy. I looked like Joan Rivers!" (to Harper's Bazaar)
After the 2013 MET Gala
"I'm never going again. It was so un-fun. It was boiling. It was too crowded. I did not enjoy it at all." (to USA Today)
Life Lessons From Jay Z
"I don't hold on to fear as much as I used to, because I've learned a lot about genuinely not caring what strangers think about me. It's very liberating. It's very empowering, and I've learned a lot of that from Jay-Shawn Carter-Z, because his approach to life is very internal. It's a very good lesson to learn." (to Harper's Bazaar)
On Cooking
"We've got a wood-burning pizza oven in the garden—a luxury, I know, but it's one of the best investments I've ever made." (in My Father's Daughter)
After Meeting Miranda Kerr
"I was like, ‘Is it weird to be that pretty?'" the actress recalls, laughing. "And she was like, ‘No.'" (to Entertainment Weekly)
On Her Kids' Diet
"I would rather die than let my kid eat Cup-a-Soup." (to NY Daily News)
Her Guilty Pleasure
"My one light American Spirit that I smoke once a week, on Saturday night." (to Harper's Bazaar)
On Boozing
"I think it's incredibly embarrassing when people are drunk. It just looks so ridiculous. I find it very degrading." (to The Guardian)
On Cheese
"I'd rather smoke crack than eat cheese from a tin." (at the iTunes Festival)
Her Last Meal
"Oysters and cocktail sauce, and then a baked, stuffed lobster and french fries. I would have a baguette and a cheese course for my dessert, and red wine. I drank like crazy [when the kids were babies]. How else could I get through my day?" (to Redbook)
On Her Casual Style
"[My husband will] make a joke about it, if I've gotten fully dressed up, he'll be like, 'Oh, wow! You're Gwyneth Paltrow!' Because he's used to seeing me in like baggy shorts and frizzy hair." (to People)
On Being Gwyneth Paltrow
"I am who I am. I can't pretend to be somebody who makes $25,000 a year." (to Elle UK)