I had this career and then I was working and then I met Rob and then I kind of went off and got married and had kids, and in that process, which was amazing and fantastic, I lost my confidence as an actress and as a working woman.

Ayda Field

Categorized in : Amazing Woman Lost Confidence

Simon Cowell is trying to get everyone to clone their dogs, and we've had our dogs 'done' so they can't have puppies any more. Cloning is like modern day reproducing - reproducing the bits you want.

day you done trying

I can't not work - I love acting.

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Rob is incredibly supportive. When I work he takes care of the kids and vice versa.

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I have to audition for everything; there is no Mrs. Robbie Williams free pass, and because I'm working with British actors everyone is so polite - no one mentions Robbie.

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Being parents suits us. Having kids has been the best thing for both of us.

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I didn't know what it would be like being on 'X Factor' with my husband. It's surpassed everything I could have expected.

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I know what it is like to lose your confidence.

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I don't think Rob has ever auditioned for anything aside from Take That.

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I'm just very talky, as you can imagine.

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Well, I love Take That but l've always been partial to Robbie Williams' songs.

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I have zero filters.

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I still have to hustle to get jobs, audition and put myself out there.

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What I want in my career is different to what I wanted when I was 21. It's got to be something that keeps my family together, that allows me to be present in their lives.

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Listen, my dad left me, my mom is crazy, I'm from L.A., a pop star dumped me three times and I'm an actress who gets rejected constantly.

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Rob loves my mum, I think the most in the whole world. They are two peas in a pod and I'm the one on the outside. It makes me even more in love with my husband and with my mum, because she can be bonkers and unconventional and it can be embraced.

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I've never really minded being Mrs. Robbie Williams because my ego is relatively small, but it is really nice now that people know there is something else there besides that.

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For years, I was 'just' a stay at home mum and wife - which, by the way, is harder than any other job I've ever had.

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Behind closed doors, Rob is a real teddy bear, a big softie.

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Therapy is so personal but it can be a really amazing tool so long as you are not forced into it.

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As women we try so hard to be perfect at everything, all the time. It's impossible.

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