I did literature at university, so I had a real relationship with poetry, but they don't make many films about the world of a poet.

I always say the things you're not supposed to.

Usually, if you're buried alive, that's gonna be the last time that happens, isn't it?

What you're seeing, certainly on Instagram, is not real, not a reflection of real life, not an interaction.

I'm not big on awareness about what's going on online but usually if you do too much online stuff then you usually bump into something that hurts.

The Chinese say that having two homes is the way to madness. I'm not mad, but I definitely wish Hollywood would move to Trafalgar Square. But the life of an actor is a life of movement, isn't it?

Being protective is important.

I wish that I wasn't such an odd mixture. I wish I was serious, but I do love high heels and romantic comedies: being in them and watching them.

Men are more visual creatures and rate women based on looks. We like to laugh and be shown a good time. I've never rated anyone on looks.

I always think that if I'm with somebody, they're better than me. That's why I love them. They're amazing.

I love to hang out with boys - I've got brothers - but I'm a girl's girl, in all the ways you can be girlie. Nails and chats and gossip magazines and reality TV and pop culture.

During moments of strife and 'dis-ease', check your flow and redirect your focus to that which is naturally good.

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite -- getting something down.

A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

Church can be extremely boring. It can be very meaningful, it can be character forming, but can be have very little fizz in it.

To be nobody-but-yourself - in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else - means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.

A visionary thrives under all conditions.

L.A. can be intense but the second you get over the hill into Calabasas, your stress level immediately drops because it's so peaceful and safe. Sometimes I really miss it.

It's frightening to admit but if I lay off the lin it'a amazing how my love handles deplete. But is life without gin worth living?

Life is too short for cuisine minceur and for diets. Dietetic meals are like an opera without the orchestra.