Everyone's doing the best they can with the tools they were given.

Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn. Then, always be a unicorn.

I get clarity through quiet time, reflection, reading, and meditation. Finding the space between thoughts gives me the energy to take on new challenges with enthusiasm.

Knowing that pain and conflict is just change trying to happen, that there is something beautiful on the other side, that it is just a cycle is helpful. Humor is always essential.

If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress.

Fear is vulnerability's ugly little sister.

Be nice to old people.

Home will always be London. Theres something unique about the British. Its about cheekiness.

An' I got to thinkin', on'y it wasn't thinkin', it was deeper down than thinkin'.

Live not for others, but for your own self.

Obviously it’s hard for anyone to imagine, but these dance halls were powder kegs just waiting to erupt. Names were made and reputations were enhanced or blown in a flash!

If you don’t know how to get success, then follow a person who knows it and you will be there.

People tend to fear the ghosts in their own family. You feel these family curses and think, 'If it happened to my father, it could happen to me.'

It is curious to what a degree one may become attached to a fine tree, especially when it is placed where trees are rare.

Simply minding one's own business is more offensive than being intrusive. Without ever saying a word one can make a person feel less-than.

Skills are cheap. Passion is priceless.

I am very intense. I can't help it. That's the way I am. You can't be in this business without being intense. The pressure and tension get to you; it can't help but show on you.

One of the main reasons I wanted to work on 'World War Z' was because I'm a huge fan of the book, and I love the idea of taking a non-linear story and creating a three-act structure out of it.