"After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity."


"All of a sudden I had a baby, because it went really quick. It was like, 'Oh! I have a baby!' So, it's great. I'm just having a great time with my children. They're here in New York with me."



"For marriage to be a success, every woman and every man should have her and his own bathroom. The end."


"I like women who look like women. I hated grunge. No one's more feminist than me, but you don't have to look as if you don't give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself."


"I love my lawyer. I have to say that of course!"


"I think, especially in our business we meet a lot of people, and sometimes you spend so much time being nice to strangers, and so, you know, keeping a clear head and just being nice to each other. And that's all the advice I can give."


"I used to go around looking as frumpy as possible because it was inconceivable you could be attractive as well as be smart. It wasn't until I started being myself, the way I like to turn out to meet people that I started to get any work."


"I'm intimidated every day I go on the stage and everyday I go on a movie set. It's terrifying and I always want to reshoot the first day or the first week, I'm so terrified."


"In Hollywood everything is so documented. If you go for a drink with somebody, it's passed around the world so quickly."

Is in talks to star opposite Guy Pearce in the Harry Houdini indie biopic DEATH DEFYING ACTS. (May 5, 2006)

Michael Douglas says on TV that she is a nightmare in the kitchen - and can't boil water. (April 24, 2006)

Baffled guests at a New York restaurant when she waited on their tables as research for her latest role in MOSTLY MARTHA. She even tried her hand in the kitchen of Manhattan's acclaimed Fiamma eaterie. Cooking colleagues claim she was so good at her job, she fooled all her customers. (March 13, 2006)

Decides to quit smoking for the sake of her children. (January 2, 2006)

Is terrified of turkeys.

Admits she is such a terrible cook - she almost burnt her kitchen down.

Was so overawed by her 2003 Oscar win she had to re-watch the show six months after her triumph just to make sure she wasn't dreaming. (November 24, 2005)

The secret to her good looks: she likes to be in bed by 8.30pm every night.

Zeta-Jones and OK! magazine won their petition to take their ongoing battle - over the publication of her wedding photos - with Hello! to the House of Lords.

Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas struggle to communicate, because he can't understand her Welsh accent. Douglas is so flummoxed by his wife's broad tones, he believes she is speaking Welsh when she is actually speaking English.

Says Charlotte Church should disguise her welsh accent if she wants to break into movies. (November 9, 2005)

Said she wouldn't allow Michael Douglas to kiss her for nine months after their first date. (October 27, 2005)

Believes the 25 years between herself and husband Michael Douglas is the secret to their golden marriage, because the generation gap stamps out any chance of professional rivalry, leaving them free to enjoy their romance without resentment. (October 24, 2005)

Gave David Letterman a small golfing lesson when she showed him how to improve his swing during an appearance on the comedian's Late Show. (October 22, 2005)

Denies claims she was nearly abducted when some suspicious types tried to force her limousine off the road while she was in Mexico filming, calling it nothing but a little crash. (October 19, 2005)