I came out of my mum's stomach going, 'I want to be an actor!'

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.

I used to wonder if it was God's plan that I should be alone for so much of my life. But I found peace. I found happiness within people and the world.

I think it would shock most people if they really knew what we have each survived by the time we graduate high school.

I've had to fight for roles and I've lost a hundred roles, but 'Smoking' and 'Smith' were phone calls. That's the dream.

I'm on a seafood diet - I see food, I eat it.

No one else has an investment in your personal life as you do.

Scholars have long dreamed of a universal library containing everything that has ever been written.

You couldn't attach a 'but' to 'I love you'. You could onlt attach an 'and'.

The world exists to set us free.

You must learn to follow privately the Lord's bidding: not to speak empty words, not to adorn yourself, always to obey authority, not to look at a woman with desire, not to be angry and much else.

Be honest. Be kind. Be honorable. Work hard. And always be awesome.