I did go to a performing arts school, so that facilitated my creativity, though I ended up going in a more musical direction.

I think the toughest thing for me to figure out, as an actor, was how to translate all those layers that are in there and that history that the writers have done such a great job at forming.

I would love to do something with space. I'm obsessed with it.

Everyone sort of feels alienated at that point, so it's hard to say whether I felt like that because everyone does or because I was so focused on acting [since the age of 8].

I studied classical percussion for ten years. At one point I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.

Children will often rise or fall accordingto the expectations of loved ones in their lives.

a little modesty averts disgrace

Christmas is a bold act of emboldening sacrifice and the most selfless gift ever granted the rebellious lot that we are.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

Maybe a deal was possible earlier. And maybe, in retrospect, looking back, you could say this was a moment you could have jumped on. If so, shame on us. I tend to think not.

Where did you come from, baby dear? Out of the everywhere and into here.

I am, and always will be, proud to be a Hackney girl.

In our present universe, many things are empty stories; amongst all these meaningless stories, love is less meaningless story than others!

A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people.

Listen to what children have to say-their windows to the soul are unclouded.