New categories announced in IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025
New categories announced in IMAGE PwC Businesswoman of the Year Awards 2025

Leonie Corcoran

28 things life (and Schitt’s Creek) taught me last year
28 things life (and Schitt’s Creek) taught me last year

Sarah Finnan

Step inside artist Anita Groener’s Dublin studio, full of tiny, beautiful things
Step inside artist Anita Groener’s Dublin studio, full of tiny, beautiful things

Katie Byrne

A funeral celebrant shares the end of life planning tips to set in motion now
A funeral celebrant shares the end of life planning tips to set in motion now

Lizzie Gore-Grimes

Expert advice for becoming an at-home wine connoisseur
Expert advice for becoming an at-home wine connoisseur

Sarah Gill

An equestrian stables is amongst this Kildare home’s most standout features
An equestrian stables is amongst this Kildare home’s most standout features

Sarah Finnan

Fashion’s MAGA makeover
Fashion’s MAGA makeover

Holly O'Neill

Planning to prioritise your career in 2025? This event is perfect for anyone considering a Business Masters or MBA
Planning to prioritise your career in 2025? This event is perfect for anyone considering a...

Megan Burns

A January escape to Sheen Falls Lodge: The perfect, luxury getaway
A January escape to Sheen Falls Lodge: The perfect, luxury getaway

Dominique McMullan

Living room inspiration to save from Irish homes
Living room inspiration to save from Irish homes

Megan Burns

Image / Editorial

Gwyneth Paltrow: “I’m Completely Self-Made”


By Jeanne Sutton
03rd Feb 2016

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 12: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends Stella McCartney Autumn 2016 Presentation at Amoeba Music on January 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Gwyneth Paltrow: “I’m Completely Self-Made”

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 12: Actress Gwyneth Paltrow attends Stella McCartney Autumn 2016 Presentation at Amoeba Music on January 12, 2016 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

Gwyneth Paltrow wants you to know she once worked as a hostess in a restaurant.

In an interview with US Glamour the actress and entrepreneur was keen to stress she is a self-made woman, despite her Hollywood heritage. She told the magazine that from the age of 18, she was on her own, and broke. He parents, the actors Bruce Paltrow and Blythe Danner, refused to support her financially after she dropped out of college.

?I’ve never taken a dime off my parents. I’m completely self-made? I went to UC Santa Barbara, and when I quit to try to be an actress, my dad was like, ?That’s great, but I’m not gonna help you.? I was like, ?Yeah, right.? And he was like, ?No, I’m not.? So I got an apartment with a roommate; I worked as a hostess at a restaurant; I would scrounge quarters to buy Starbucks – and walk there to save gas. I remember once asking my dad for money, like, ?Please, I’m really stuck. Can you help?? And he said, ?You’re more than welcome to come over for dinner.? That was it. Those were the days. Enough to know the value of money.?

gwyneth paltrow the Audi Night 2016 at Hotel zur Tenne on January 22, 2016 in Kitzbuehel, Austria.

It is this life experience which prompts the 43-year-old to get on the defensive when it comes to Goop. Since its launch in 2008, the lifestyle website and online boutique has frequently come under fire for the prices of the curated items it sells, leading to widespread ridicule.

Sometimes I’ll get annoyed if someone’s like, ?goop is so expensive.? I’m like, ?Have you looked at the website? Have you seen the range of price points? ?Cause we sell things that are $8. I’m like, ‘If you want to f–ck with me, bring your A-game. At least have all your information.’?

Via Glamour