Author: Thandie Newton

Quotes

I grew up on the coast of England in the '70s. My dad is white from Cornwall, and my mom is black from Zimbabwe. Even the idea of us as a family was challenging to most people.

I grew up on the coast of England in the '70s. My dad is white from Cornwall, and my mom is black from Zimbabwe. Even the idea of us as a family was challenging to most people.

- Thandie Newton

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life.

- Thandie Newton

You need a good, healthy diet - it's about finding out what your body needs. Sugar is a disaster for skin, as is white flour.

You need a good, healthy diet - it's about finding out what your body needs. Sugar is a disaster for skin, as is white flour.

- Thandie Newton

I'm always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.

I'm always angry. I wake up angry. There is a lot to be angry about. Anger is a positive energy.

- Thandie Newton

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it.

- Thandie Newton

I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.

I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way.

- Thandie Newton

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that blows up and fills life up.

- Thandie Newton

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life.

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life.

- Thandie Newton

I'm good at playing the emotionally strangled person. The woman who is in the worst place in her life. That's me!

I'm good at playing the emotionally strangled person. The woman who is in the worst place in her life. That's me!

- Thandie Newton

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