Catherine Zeta Jones Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Catherine: (revealing her perceived self-confidence is an act) I'm more insecure than I ever let anyone know. Sometimes you protect yourself with this kind of armour that people see more than they see you.

Catherine: No one's more feminist than me, but you can still be smart, bright, and attractive.

Catherine: (On life as a movie star) People do everything for me, and I've forgotten how.

Catherine: 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.

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

Catherine Zeta Jones: Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.

Trivia

In 2004, Catherine Zeta Jones bought her eighty four year old grandmother a new pair of knees for Christmas.

Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas bought bulletproof windows for their new Welsh mansion in order to protect themselves from flying golf balls.

In 2005, Eve Magazine listed Catherine Zeta Jones as the celebrity with the perfect female body.

Catherine Zeta Jones was once stalked by Dawnette Knight.

Catherine Zeta Jones is the an ambassador of UK children's charity the National Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Children.

Catherine Zeta Jones tries to go to bed every night at 8:30, which she credits for the way she looks.

In January of 2006, Catherine Zeta Jones quit smoking in part to not only benefit herself, but to also help her children.

In June of 2006, Catherine Zeta Jones helped open a Children's Hospital in Wales.

Eva Longoria says that Catherine Zeta Jones is her idol.

In November of 2006, Catherine was working in a restaurant so she could do hands on research for her role in her upcoming movie No Reservation.

Catherine's breakthough role in the US was in the movie The Mask of Zorro in 1998.

Catherine's favorite sport is Rugby.

When Catherine gets nervous, a strawberry birthmark on her left shin changes color.

Catherine was nominated for two Golden Globe Awards.

In 1981, Catherine made her first public debut in the musical Annie.

Catherine was once previously engaged to be married to actor, Angus Macfadyen.

Catherine was ranked as number fifty on VH1's poll as one of the "100 Hottest Hotties."

Bonnie Tyler sang at Catherine's wedding to Michael Douglas.

Ironically, Catherine and her husband Michael, share the exact same birthday, except that he is twenty five years older. They were both born on September 25th.

Catherine played Isabel Lahiri in the 2004 film Ocean's Twelve alongside George Clooney and Julia Roberts.

Catherine says of husband Michael Douglas to Life & Style Magazine, Michael still can't understand. He asks, 'How many black dresses does one woman need?'"

She and her family now live in Bermuda.

After a successful run on The Darling Buds of May, she moved to France for two years.

She recorded three singles in the mid 1990's for European radio, but none of them did well.

She only hyphenates her name professionally.

She has been in two films with Benicio Del Toro but has never had a scene with him.

Catherine was offered the role as Velma Kelly in Chicago after the producer, Marty Richards, saw her sing at a Christmas party.

Her favorite book is The Great Gatsby.

She was rejected a place in a musical for broadway because she was "too pretty" for the part in the play.

Catherine's salary for the 2000 film Traffic was reportedly $3,000,000. She made $8,000,000 for her role in Chicago.

Her mother is Irish and her father is Welsh.

She is the daughter-in-law of Kirk Douglas and Diana Douglas.

Catherine is the sister of David A. Jones, an executive at Initial Entertainment group, the company that co-financed Traffic.

On December 13, 1999, she became engaged to Michael Douglas in Aspen, Colorado.

Her husband is Michael Douglas. They were married on November 18, 2000 and as of 2006, they are still together. She has 2 children; son Dylan Michael Douglas born August 8, 2000 in Los Angeles, CA and daughter Carys Zeta Douglas born April 20, 2003 in Ridgewood, NJ.