Kate Hudson comes up smiling on the January 2008 cover of Vogue. Here are some snippets from her interview:

On getting a divorce: “The most difficult thing I’ve ever done in my life. The process of discovering with somebody that you love that you don’t… work is so painful. And thank goodness I did it with Chris… We helped each other through it. Now we’re both single and since the day we separated, we talk multiple times.”

On the last year: “It was just an extremely giant sort of leap. I definitely feel like I’ve grown up a lot.”

On shooting Fool’s Gold in Australia: “It was a really interesting time for me. It was right when Chris and I were getting divorced, and I didn’t want to be so far away, because it was hard for us. And it was the first time I sent Ryder to be with Chris while I was working, and that was definitely difficult. But it was probably the best experience I’ve had to date, in terms of everything as a whole.”

On fear: “I just love to have fears because I love to be able to conquer them each day.”

On why it ended: “We had Ryder, and we both sort of looked at each other and went, ‘Something’s off.’”

On Matthew McConaughey: “We’re like brother and sister! We seem to drive each other crazy in a good way. Matthew kind of puts it perfectly when he says that we fight well and flirt well, and we’re perfect pains in each other’s ***.”

On gaining 70 pounds during pregnancy: “I would be eating ice cream and my mom would literally pry the spoon away from me, saying, ‘You’ve had enough to last you a lifetime.’”

On Owen Wilson: “Owen is such a lovely person, and I love him dearly. And I wish him beautiful things — health and everything that he desires in life.”