The ‘Kill Bill’ actress – who has daughter Maya, 11, and son Levon, eight with ex-husband Ethan Hawke – believes she needs to stay “steady” around her kids to stop them from growing insecure.

Asked whether the youngsters realise how difficult it is to juggle work and family life, she said: “I hope they don’t. I don’t want them to notice when I’m exhausted or depressed. They need a steady mother who gives them a feeling of security, otherwise they might become even more vulnerable than they, as children, already are.”

Uma is particularly keen for her children to view her as a role model and despite admitting motherhood can sometimes be difficult, she wants to share in every aspect of their lives.

She added: “I constantly wrack my brains, but unfortunately there’s no manual for it. It’s really important to be a role model. But I always try to explain to my children that their mum is only human, too.

“What does being a mother mean to me? That’s simple – Every day I experience the greatest love I have ever felt. It takes a lot of energy and nerves, but I don’t want to miss a second of it.”

The 39-year-old star always looks to her own mother for advice, but admits that hasn’t always been the case.

She added to Germany’s OK! magazine: “I can always rely on my mother’s advice. I rarely used to look for support from her when I was younger though – I wanted to learn from my own experiences. Even when I was a young girl I felt drawn to grown-ups and felt like going out into the world. Did I fail from time to time or make mistakes? Of course I did. But instead of drawing up walls inside of me, up to today I still meet people benevolently and with trust.”

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The 49-year-old actress – who is a long-term environmental activist and has been arrested several times, most recently for obstructing environmentally devastating US mountain-top climbing – said she wants the world to become more aware of the environment and believes it only takes some small changes to make a difference.

She said: “There are so many things that everybody can do. Am I going to get some food in a Styrofoam container?

“Or am I going to bring my own cup and my own cutlery set and say I won’t participate in a disposable society?”

The ‘Kill Bill’ star is so passionate about the environment that she runs her car on vegetable fat, is a vegan, powers her US home with huge solar panels and doesn’t use the main electricity grid.

Daryl said she was positive about the future and hoped that in time, more people would take up her advice.

She said in an interview with The Sun newspaper: “I sense that youth culture has taken up the call. Almost everybody could grow seeds in their garden or on their window. All that stuff that poisons the air, the soil and the water – it should be against the fricking law!”

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The ‘Kill Bill’ actress reportedly split from French financier Arpad Busson because she was tired of him trying to take over her life and telling her what to do.

A friend of the actresses told the New York Daily News newspaper: “It seemed like he always wanted to run the show.”

The relationship allegedly turned sour when the 47-year-old businessman decided he wanted to make drastic changes to Uma’s lavish homes without even consulting her.

The friend explained: “He wanted to bring in his own chef and his own security. He’d talk about redesigning her house in the city and knocking down buildings at her place upstate.”

It had been reported that the couple ended their year-long engagement almost two months ago after a row about money.

Uma – who has 11-year-old daughter Maya and seven-year-old son Levon with ex-husband Ethan Hawke, and was also previously married to actor Gary Oldman – recently admitted she wasn’t ready to marry again.

She said: “I’m happily engaged but we haven’t set a wedding up. I’m not in a rush to do anything.”

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The ‘Kill Bill’ star and multimillionaire hotelier Arpad Busson have  ended their year-long engagement following a row over money.

A source said: “The engagement ended awhile back – almost two months ago. They remain friends.”

According to New York Post columnist Cindy Adams, the couple had a small argument which led to the American actress suggesting the engagement should be broken off, without really meaning it.

Uma then walked out “in a huff” but the spat caused the businessman to rethink their future together and he called time on their relationship.

The couple started dating in the summer of 2007 and became engaged a year later, with Arpad presenting the actress with an eight-carat diamond engagement ring – which she is returning to him.

A source said: “She will probably give it back. She wants to return everything that is his.”

Uma – who has 11-year-old daughter Maya and seven-year-old son Levon with ex-husband Ethan Hawke  and was also previously married to actor Gary Oldman – recently admitted she wasn’t ready to marry again.

She said: “I’m happily engaged but we haven’t set a wedding up. I’m not in a rush to do anything. One day we’ll do it, when we’re ready. We can’t live anywhere else because my children’s father lives here. We’ll figure it out.”

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