I couldn't care less about walking down the red carpet in a pair of heels and a posh frock. I'd rather be in my pyjamas at home.

I don't want to be famous. I like to be able to sit in a cafe and watch the world go by and observe people.

If you were to do a line-up of past suitors, it's definitely a very eclectic group, is all I'll say.

I'm half-Welsh, half-Russian. My maternal grandmother is Russian. I've very much a mongrel, which is good in a way because it makes me quite a blank canvas.

The culture of celebrity has become insane. It's all based on fantasy, and I find it creepy and disturbing.

I don't want to be known for anything other than the fact that I play characters in movies.

I've chosen not to talk about my really private life to the press - I've never invited a huge amount of attention.

I'm very grateful that I have one of those faces that seems to blend back into the crowd. A lot of people pay lip service to wanting a normal life, but it's actually very important to me.

I'm really a strong advocate of ageing because the messages that the media and advertising give to women infuriate me: ie that it's a bad thing to get old.

I would love to do a really cool romantic comedy, perhaps with Hugh Grant. I think he is brilliant. That's the kind of film I love to go to see. I love 'girls' films.

I've spent a lot of time in L.A. and I love it. A lot of Brits can't stand the place, but I like the West Coast attitude and the way people celebrate success.

Letting ourselves be forgiven is one of the most difficult healings we will undertake. And one of the most fruitful. (79)

I rather like bad wine; one gets so bored with good wine.

We live in our own souls as in an unmapped region, a few acres of which we have cleared for our habitation; while of the nature of those nearest us we know but the boundaries that march with ours.

The key to good decision making is evaluating the available information - the data - and combining it with your own estimates of pluses and minuses. As an economist, I do this every day.

I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.

Philosophers say that perfection is unattainable. Lithographers redefine perfection according to SEMI standards.

I'm not the type of person that just needs to feel concrete and like nothing's going to change. I revel in the change.

People can't help the way they look, just the way they act.

I am very close with my parents, they are very amazing, so loving, so cool, and really valued art.

We all make mistakes, Steele. It’s what we do afterward that defines us more than the actual incident that led to the mistake. (Joe)