Drama school is fundamentally practical. I didn't write any essays, so I came out with a BA honors degree in acting.

A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

I spent most of my life watching HBO series wishing that at some point in my career I might be able to work with them.

Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf

Sometimes I feel like the kid left out - the weirdo with the silver hair that no one likes to talk to.

I told my parents I wanted to be an actor and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment so they're just happy I'm in work!

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life.

Being a single girl in New York it's what you should be doing in your twenties!

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

I'd give my right arm to be, like, a random extra on 'Girls,' just to walk past one of the scenarios. I'd love that more than anything.

He's a sweet man whose crime was that he didn't love me quite enough, and because this wasn't much of a crime I had to make up some bigger ones.

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

I have a lot of money stashed away, but I do live my life from day to day.

This is women's moment to shift the tectonic plates of power on both the personal life and the leadership levels.

Always avoid picking up hitch-hikers who are wearing a mask.

The internal effects of a mutable policy are still more calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself.

A lot of people have been overexposed. Where people are fed up. I pray that that never happens with me.

The mind has great advantages over the body; however the body often furnishes little treats ... which offer the mind relief from sad thoughts.

I think you got to put your intimate relationship first. If you can keep your woman first and still love your children, you are going to create the healthiest environment.

For sight is woman-like and shuns the old.