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"Gwyneth Paltrow has disclosed that she was denied a role in director John Madden&amp;#039;s 1994 film Golden Gate because a studio executive felt that she &amp;quot;was not pretty enough&amp;quot;. The Country Strong actress told The Sun that the rejection was particularly hard for her take given that she was just 19-years-old at the time. &amp;quot;He [Madden] wanted to hire me but an executive at the film company ruled that I was not pretty enough,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;You can imagine what that does to your confidence in your teens!&amp;quot; The star continued: &amp;quot;I found that at the time the best way to deal with it was to be in total denial. But now I simply don&amp;#039;t read any articles about myself and just carry on with life.  &amp;quot;I wish I could have dealt with the fame and the knock-backs in a better way when I was young. I now know if something is going to work out, then it will. I have learned, over the years, to trust my instincts.&amp;quot; Paltrow later worked with Madden on 1998&amp;#039;s Shakespeare In Love for which she earned a &amp;#039;Best Actress&amp;#039; Academy Award. Country Strong is now playing in US cinemas and is released on March 25 in the UK. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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