Cuba is such a beautiful country, and everywhere you go, there's music and people dancing - especially in Havana.

I do believe in an afterlife. I try to be at one with people and try to love life as much as I can.

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

I am always baffled by age, but to be honest with you, I feel like I am about 34. I feel better now and I am certainly healthier than I was in my early 30s. I am more rounded too.

I'm on a constant path of self-discovery and change. I'm trying to become a better person, a nicer person. I love therapy - it's brilliant.

I am extremely content in my life - sometimes to the point where I really should find something to moan about!

I think it's healthy to be insecure, to have nerves.

My dad's so likeable, you wouldn't feel in competition with him. If any boyfriends have ever felt that, they're long gone.

Ever since I can remember feeling love for my parents, I've been frightened of losing them.

Being a mum is something that's never bothered me too much. I have never felt a strong need to have children, but I am not averse to it either.

It's very hard to dramatise something factual and not make it look overdone, but also not to make it look so under-dramatised that it's dull.

The way you give your name to others is a measure of how much you like and respect yourself.

In security analysis the prime stress is laid upon protection against untoward events. We obtain this protection by insisting upon margins of safety, or values well in excess of the price paid.

Remember, you fly an airplane with you head, not your hands and feet.

There was nothing magical that the coaching staff did. This is about the players.

Ah, we men and women are like ropes drawn tight with strain that pull us in different directions.

People are going to think I'm crazy.

The problem with fame is you no longer belong to you. You lose your persona and become the object of other people's obsession.

Love is an act of endless forgiveness. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.

I love dressing up. I'm from a huge African family and grew up in a really colorful place. The way I dress reflects my environment and wanting to take people into a fantasy world for half an hour.

If you're with an agent and they don't like where your work is going - the pressure behind it is the pressure of the hierarchy which says "I know what I am talking about," which I find offensive.