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"I'm a sap. I cry at commercials. I'm always crying at songs. I cried when the ant died in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I cry all the time."

"I can't wait until it's time to find fun and stylish maternity wear. I'm actually more excited about dressing as a pregnant woman. You get to present something so completely female."

"I would love to work with my Pa. I think he's such a wonderful actor, and obviously working with my mom would be great. They're both so talented. But it's not something we're actively looking for."

[On dating] "I hated it. But you know, I was really happy being single. I wasn't ever the kind of girl who always wanted or needed to be in a relationship. I was always the one who wanted to get out of the relationship."

[On married life] "Some guy said to me the other day, and he was just getting pumped up for the SuperBowl I'm sure, he said, "It's funny because for girls, when you get married, the fun begins and for guys when you get married, the fun ends." What a horrible thing to say. That's horrible. I think he's wrong. Definitely for me, it opened up so many things."

[On love scenes] "He[Chris]'s cool with it. He and Matthew got along really well, too. It was really easy."

[On HTLAGITD] "I think every woman will completely be able to relate to it. We've either done it and we will all sit there and laugh about it, because women have great senses of humor, or we'll have a friend who has done it or been there or is in the process of doing it. And I think it goes both ways. Every man will be able to relate to it, too, and every man has done the same thing. They do just as many things to drive women away."

[On what got her into acting] "I think that even people who knew me before I knew I wanted to act, probably knew that I was going to do it. Because I was always performing and doing something. I was all over the place as a child; I was always singing songs to somebody or dancing or doing a thing that I saw on "The Harvey Sisters" or something. I really was always 'on.'"

"You can't imagine. 21 and being nominated for an Oscar is unbelievable. To me, I was just in shock. It was an incredible moment. When I lost, I just kind of went, "Okay," and my dad was saying, "Well, congratulations. Welcome to your life and welcome to the rest of your career." I think he basically was saying this is what it is. Now go do your job."

"I'm superstitious... but not like wear the same underwear for two weeks superstitious"

"I have a big, flamboyant, open personality, which I think is why people may be saying these nice things about me."

"I'm happy. I'm happy at home, I'm happy with my family, I'm happy with my relationship. [My career] is just a plus. I can take all the criticism in the world, and it really won't affect me. I'm just having a great time being alive. How lucky are we just to be here and healthy? What a fun thing."

"Maybe the reason I don't have a problem with nudity is that since I have such small breasts, I never feel thaty they are gratuitous."

"We'd go home after parties and we'd have to laugh at how some of these people lived and how they treated their kids. It's a business where people are so me me me, they forget where the focus should be"

"Doors may have opened for me, but no one hires me unless they think I can do the job."

"I really don't know what it was about. I saw it for the first time in our house, and my dad fell asleep during the first half of the movie. I didn't care because it was so bad. He woke up at the climatic point, and we started laughing our heads off. Here it is my first movie and we're all laughing about how horrible it was. That's a perfect example of how cool my family is."

"I'm in the process of finding a house, but I can't find one. I'm waiting for the perfect house. I want a garden; boy, do I want a garden. I need to be able to garden when I'm in my weird funky meditation kind of mood. Sitting out and having a coffee and a smoke in my garden. That's what I need."

"The thing about Bill, my other dad, is that he wasn't really in our lives very much. I didn't know him really well. I didn't understand it. My brother didn't understand it. He was sort of in and out of our lives."

"This is so intense! I felt so in love with Cameron and his vision, the script is so amazing." - part of her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes 2001

"I have zero problems when people say, 'God, you look like your mother.' I go, 'Well, great! Thanks!'"

"I'm a hippie at heart. I wear the clothes, and they're the best. And the music is incredible, too."

"I'm not a big fan of romantic comedies, believe it or not... Well, I don't run out to see them."

"Everyday, I tell my husband, 'Maybe we should cash in. I'll make handmade lotion and you can write music and sell it on the Internet.'"

[On the ending of the Raising Helen shoot] "The sweetest moment was when the kids were done and when we finished with the kids. It was just so emotional. And I looked at Abby and she was crying. I mean it was so difficult. We just hugged forever and I told them I loved them. And it was just... it really made the whole experience that much more special; to know that those kids took something from that experience."

[On the kids in Raising Helen] "It was great. They were so professional and yet, still kids. Abigail was so adorable and so good. She cried at the drop of a hat. She was so focused. When she had to do what she had to do, she really worked hard at it. And Spencer was hysterical. And Hayden is at that age that I remember so well-13-ish where you want to be an adult and want to be taken seriously, but people don't treat you like it, so you overcompensate."

"Chris and I love to sing and play the guitar when we sing him [Ryder] a lullaby. We sing him these really pretty songs like George Jones' 'Just One More'. It sounds good. And it makes him sleepy, but the song is about an alcoholic. Maybe we shouldn't be singing that to a five-month-old child!"

"Being a mom is really hard, and you make mistakes all the time, and you have to just chug through it."

"Whenever I feel stressed out or like I'm going crazy, I stop myself and say how lucky I am to be able to do what I do. I'm so lucky to be able to have my baby with me everywhere I go."

"When you're married, you can get too settled. I personally like to keep my husband on his toes. How do I do that? Flirting."

"My parents always said 'Sex is the best thing in the world.' It is so great, so much fun. When you start having it you're going to love it. But it's that much better when you love somebody, so just remember that'"

"I've seen ghosts and experienced mystical things. I've seen many ghosts. My mom is super into that stuff, we swap stories of our experiences all the time. I think I got my psychic abilities from her."

"I don't believe (monogamy) is realistic. But, I believe that we, as people, have the power to make it happen."

"I always knew I wanted to act. And there was never a thought about not doing it because my mother was such a big star. We were just encouraged to do what we wanted."

[On playing Caroline in the The Skeleton Key] "I felt like accessing whatever I had to access for Caroline came a lot easier than I think doing a lot of the perkier roles I've done,"

[On The Skeleton Key] "I think the stunt coordinator was surprised to find out that my coordination was pretty good. I got to break windows, climb up a two-story trellis and crawl through mud in the pouring rain. One day, I looked down at my knees and they were black and blue, just like when I was a kid and played soccer. At one point, I was actually soaking wet for 15 hours. I loved it.�

"I would never let my mom do my hair, she would always make my pony tail bumpy."

"My mother has given more to people than anyone I've ever met. It's very easy to make people cry, but there is nothing harder to do than make someone smile. And it's a gift, whether it belongs to Goldie Hawn or Meryl Streep... or myself."

"When I was little, I had such a crush on Kiefer Sutherland. I had a Lost Boys poster on my wall. I met him once when I was at a hamburger joint with my dad. I don't know if Kiefer remembers. I should never be talking about this,"

"I take my work seriously and myself not seriously"

[On Chris] "I love that man sooo much, it's ridiculous. Like, I want to eat him up. With a spoon! And, like, jump into his skin. I'm not kidding - I could be just like totally s---house crazy! That's what Chris says they call it down South."

"Just because you're an actor doesn't mean you weren't educated politically. Isn't it funny the people complaining about celebrities speaking out are all Republicans? Do these people forget they voted for Ronald Reagan? No matter what your politics are, you should be able to integrate knowledge from all sides. Nobody should ever shut up. That's patriotism! I'll listen to anyone's opinion."

"If I could have one gift, it would be to help everybody see all the beautiful things in life and be happy. And if that happened, there would be more...bubbles! ... And I have no idea what that means!"

"Growing up I thought my mom was the coolest mom thing on the planet."

"Because you're not perfectly skinny you're not thought to be as appealing which I think is false. Besides, who wants to be perfect? It's so ugly."

"I don't consider myself better than any other girl walking down the street. But a lot of people in the industry aren't that way."

"Sure, I get depressed. But I never feel like it's a bad thing. That's part of the journey in life, and if you have to go there, you go there."

[After receiving Premiere Magazine New Power Award] "I just hope I have a nice long career and everything goes good."

[On balancing family with career] "You just want to be home and be available at all times for your baby. But you make it happen."

[On the end of 'Friends'] "It's hard to leave a movie after three or four months and they've been doing it for 10 years! That's heartbreaking."

"I don�t feel famous, or almost famous. I love doing what I do and meeting people, and I love traveling. I feel blessed to have this career, but I don�t consider myself a star. I think if you get too caught up in that it can be detrimental. I think, personally, you�re screwed."

"Why be intimidated?' I want to be able to give it all to whoever wants it at any particular time. I like being uninhibited."

"Comedy is a difficult thing to do, but I'm more attracted to dramatic roles. But everything that you do when you act is challenging. At least for me, every character that I would like to play - and that, hopefully, people would like me to be a part of - is gonna be challenging."

"For some reason, movies that seem to have more comedy get sent my way. Maybe people associate me more with comedy because of my mother, and I don't think that's a positive or negative. But it's probably more related to my personality. I'm not a real dark and mysterious person. I don't feel like I have anything to hide and I like to have a good time."

[on France] "I met the most incredible friends and beautiful people, and I just totally fell in love with Paris. I can't even describe the city, it's so alive. The young people there believe in the things going on in the world, and they know they have a voice. There are protests every day. Like 30,000 people gathering in the streets, and 500,000 people gathering at one point. I felt so alive, I was so happy there. So much so, that when we came back from Paris we were all depressed. We came back and were like, oh God, what are we doing? We wanted to be back there. You know, where you eat until all hours, and just enjoy humanity. "

"I was okay being alone. I wasn't somebody who always needed to be in a relationship. I was out with my girlfriends in New York having a great time."

"The problem a lot of women have is they think they have to dress to impress and be mysterious and play the rule book. I always think that if you are completely yourself and having a good time, you'll find that guy. He'll find you and that all comes with just being honest".

"If you knew Chris, and if you saw us together, there is not one person I know that doesn't get it. I got really lucky really young is how I look at it. It put me so at peace".

[on being compared to Goldie] "To me, she's my mommy. She popped me out and raised me and so I don't think of things like that. Yes, of course, my mother is probably one of the greatest female comediennes of all time and that makes me proud but more important are the things she's taught us as a mom. What more could you ask for?"

"My parents told me 'if you ever believe anything anybody ever tells you about who you are, what you are, your image or if they hate you or love you, you're going to be miserable. You do your job no matter what you do, you do it the best you can and you go home and really concern yourself with your homelife because that's where people blossom as people. Not when you're being berated or elated'.

"[Ryder's] great. It's so much fun! He's getting so big and it's happening so fast. We don't spend much time in Los Angeles. We spend a lot of time in New York, but we're pretty much on the road experiencing our life."

"We hung out together in New York, I went home for my birthday and I came back three days later, and I brought three huge suitcases and my dog and I just moved in." [on getting together with Chris]

�People ask me that, about my parents, growing up. I don�t ever remember a defining moment where I understood what my parents did. It was their job, like anybody.�

"I just love to have fears, because I love to be able to conquer them."

"Gentle, generous, a lover. He was just a sweetheart." - on Heath Ledger

"Make sure to take time for yourself every day. Even if you have to lock yourself in the bathroom for two minutes, do it. It's our nature as women to take care of everything and forget about ourselves. It's important to be present and strong for your kids, and to do that, you need some breathing space."

OTHERS SAID

Heath Ledger (when asked what was it like working with Kate) - "Great. She's quite lovely."

Goldie Hawn - �We always knew Kate was going into the industry, but what we wanted was that she would not struggle. Because it would be very tough having a mother who had done well, and who had all this adoration, and she would be the child that didn�t. My prayers were always that she would trump me, and that�s what�s happening. Well, I don�t know if it�s trump or not at this point. But she�s a star.�

Michelle Wie - "You know Kate Hudson? - I love her look."

Joan Cusack - "She's just a really nice, warm person who knows what she's doing and works hard and wants to have a family."

Garry Marshall - "She was interested in the fact that I had stayed married to the same woman for 41 years. I told her if we're in the middle of a scene and Chris calls, she should take it. She seems to truly want to have a life."

Her nanny, Kathy (when asked whether Kate was a good child) - "She had her moments. But basically she was great."

Naomi Watts (on playing sisters alongside Kate in Le Divorce) - "I think there was pretty much instant trust from the get-go. We both knew that in order for this story to work we needed to make it authentic. And it's not like, �Oh, we've got to make a friendship now because we've got to make this, and then we'll say goodbye.� It wasn't that. I think both of us really wanted to have a good time while we're shooting this movie and a friendship would help the movie, of course. We went out and spent time together."

Goldie - "I knew I couldn't fail at work, I knew I couldn't fail at relationships, but I knew I could have failed with my family by raising kids who were dysfunctional. Katie's a spectacular person. She had talent from the beginning."

Matthew McConaughey - "She's incredibly comfortable with herself, especially with her sexuality. A lot of actresses can look at the romantic scenes - not just sex scenes but even kissing and touching - as almost taboo if they have a serious relationship in real life. But Kate's so comfortable with her sexuality, there was no preciousness there."

Lynda Obst - "Kate's going to be the biggest movie star of her generation. She's extremely glamorous but also extremely real."

Liv Tyler (talking to Kate as part of an interview for Interview magazine) - "So I've just seen the trailer for How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, and I'm blown away. You look incredibly beautiful. Full of light. You look like such a movie star. I love the clip where you put the little dog on the billiard table."

Rob Reiner - "Kate's incredibly curious. She wants to make a difference in the world, and she's a well-rounded person. That's what makes it so enjoyable to have her on a set: She'd make jewelry, knit, then talk politics. I've never met one person who has this much going on. She's a brilliant comedienne, has a great arm with a football - and did she tell you she can play piano, has a gorgeous voice and writes songs? It's not fair!"

Goldie - "We love food. We're passionate about food and taste. But Katie's main concern was that she have a happy baby. She didn't have the preoccupation with self, and that is what I most admire about Kate. She was a joyful mother-to-be."

Liv Tyler - "She knits like a madwoman - huge amazing blankets for her husband and baby. I don't know how she does it all. I can't find time for anything."

Stella McCartney - "Kate has that hippie chick-meets-rock chick kind of thing. But she also has elements of class that layer on top of all that she does, elements which obviously come from her upbringing and from her own self. So basically she's just a cool chick."

Liza Minnelli - "Almost Famous' is brilliant. It's so original. It's got that thing that a good movie needs, which is you've never seen anything like it � and I loved Kate Hudson."

Naomi Watts - "Sisters. We make a good match don't you think?"

Kurt Russell [on Ryder]- "I'm thrilled, obviously, and he has a fabulous name. RYDER RUSSELL ROBINSON -- he's already got a name to live up to. Katie and Chris are doing great. It's a spectacular experience and GOLDIE and I are having a ball. I think this has come along in our lives at a wonderful time."

Luke Wilson - [asked 'How was working with Kate Hudson?'] "Good. I like her a lot. She's real fun, we're friends, and she's got a good sense of humor. [She's] a nice person."

David Paymer - [asked 'And working with Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson?'] "Just the sweetest people you could meet. I hadn't met them before. I'm not the lead in this movie but they were just quite wonderful. They sort of sparkle and it comes off the screen."

Rob Reiner - [asked 'How was it to direct Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson?'] "Oh, it was fabulous. They're just adorable together. They were great fun off screen and also on screen."

Chino XL - [asked 'And working with Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson?'] "It was good watching [those] two because they'd worked together before. They've got a good relationship. Their timing between one another is really good. It's just really natural. There's no difference in watching them talk at lunch and watching them act together. They like each other."

Lobo Sebastian - [asked 'And working with Kate Hudson and Luke Wilson?'] "I had a great time. [She's] a lot of fun to work with. Luke is a good sport. We took him through a lot of hurt and pain, but he's a good sport."

Bebe Neuwirth - "She's just great, very, very talented. And it's so great to watch somebody in their beginning stages. Even though Kate's done a lot of work, she's still very young, and it's so interesting to see her craft develop. She's a great girl's girl. Men have no idea what I'm talking about, but a girl's girl is somebody who's really great for other girls to hang with. There's no assessment going on, no little, subliminal competitive vibe. Just completely generous and a great, gleeful, feminine good time."