Amanda de Cadenet

If I could wave a magic wand, I would be a size 6 and still be able to eat cake every day.

Being a young woman is difficult enough, but add to that the pressures of Hollywood's spotlight, and you have a lot to navigate.

I hate small talk! I can't do it.

I went from being able to walk down the street and be ignored to having men whistle at me. I was an insecure young girl, and it felt good to have attention, even though it was inappropriate.

I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera.

I've photographed a lot of my good girlfriends, and it's given me a lot of anxiety because I don't want to let them down.

No one understood why I would wanna be behind the camera, not in front of the camera, and so no one took me seriously, and people said, 'Oh, well, this is just a hobby isn't it?' and I said, 'No, I really love this. I wanna make this my career,' and I did not have a lot of support at all for many years. People just kind of thought it was a joke.

I've grown up around people who love photography, and I think from being photographed for so long, I always wanted to understand how it worked, and I've been fortunate enough to be photographed by some really wonderful photographers, and so I learnt a lot from them, and I always ask them questions.

In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway.

I love all Goop products, but I'll always have the Revitalizing Day Moisturizer on my desk at work or in my handbag.

I could do a show with men; I'd love to do that, but it's women that I know and understand.

We all want love and to feel safe, wanted, cared for, to like our selves, our bodies, to have families and feel okay in the world.