I always like [while filming] to have a sense of what led this person to this point.

I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.

If I could be working every day, I would be.

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6.

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

I've had a lot of struggles with depression. It's very easy for me to go to a bleak place, or for me to doubt humanity, myself, the world, my choices.

There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family.

One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.

So yes, I say things I regret constantly, and I just can't help it.

On this matter I'm inclined to agree with the French, who gaze upon any personal dietary prohibition as bad manners.

Great ideas without some consistent actions are nothing but some creative thoughts in one's mind.

We born alone, we all die alone.

We are all an unforgettable artwork and a story yet to be told.

Not every child is cut out for an individual sport.

I think I would have been so much in awe of the movie set, the people and what everybody's job was, that I don't know if I would be able to concentrate on the character.

Joyce is a poet and also an elephantine pedant.

One lucky shot deserves another.