Any actress will tell you, when you've been given a starring role in the initial run of a show, you want to be getting the standing ovations every night, not just on review night.

Eating lighter makes you lighter. No one can wave a magic wand.

I run or walk three times a week. I do Pilates, too, which is amazing - it makes you longer and leaner.

I've never pretended to be a supermodel.

Some men send me condoms and underpants. I'm not sure what they want.

I can't dance on ice, because I'm like Bambi on ice.

I love to snuggle up on the sofa wrapped in my duvet watching old black and white films, and catching up with friends and family on the phone.

I've grown up in the public eye, and every decision I've made has always been so public and often inaccurately reported.

I want to make my mum's life and my life safe.

I think it takes time to find your natural style and learn not to be swayed by trends that might not flatter you.

A huge part of youth is how you behave: I'm always looking for fun and anything that makes me feel alive - that in itself keeps me feeling young.

She asks me silly questions. Like how much do I love her?I smile and look at the sky for how do I tell her that it is she who gives me my existence...

Not all marriages are made in heaven. Some, probably most, are constructed here on earth for any number of reason.

You have to believe in your dreams, to reach out for your dreams.

Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions.

Lord, let me make a difference for you that is utterly disproportionate to who I am.

I think guitarists are really over-admired and over-revered.

I'm a traditional wife in every sense.

The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.

We are too young to realize that certain things are impossible... So we will do them anyway.

The things you have that money won't buy are the things that will enable you to get more of the things that money will buy.