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experience all this sucks.” She adds brightly: “It’s fine. I’m enjoying it as much as I can with this very physical reminder that she is not with me. “Motherhood has taught me that there are things I just don’t need to hold on to anymore. I’m not as worried about what people think of me and I’m less worried about taking care of others when my priorities are so clear. Motherhood does that to you very quickly.
“As soon as you become pregnant you realise your life really isn’t yours anymore, but in a good way.
“I’ve evolved really quickly since my daughter came into my life and I’m grateful. I know what’s important. My values are so much more clear.”
It has also made her more appreciative of her mother.
“My mom is our nanny,” she says. “She was an occupational therapist and she retired. She follows us everywhere. We live on a farm and we live in Los Angeles, and we go back and forth together and we’ve become really close.
“I really appreciate how hard she worked as a mother. My dad was around but she kind of took care of everything. I can’t imagine doing that.
“I can’t imagine what Donna had to go through with Sophie on her own. I think the bravest thing that anyone can do is raise a child alone.”
his time Amanda felt at ease with the Oscar-winning actress, who is joined again by Julie Walters, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard and Pierce Brosnan. “It’s crazy what 10 years will do to you,” she says. “Ten years ago I was really intimidated, the experience was incredible. [Meryl] helped me and taught me a lot of things without even trying.”
Off-screen, Amanda is a supporter of the #Metoo movement for equal pay and the end of sexual harassment.
“There was a time where I was afraid to ask for what I deserved. Now there’s transparency. So I’m not just going to take what I’m given. I’m going to sniff around and investigate.” She