I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.

Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!

What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.

I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.

I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

We spend great sum of money to buy good books, so that we can satisfy our pleasure of reading.

Fame confers a rank above that of gentleman and of kings. As soon as she issues her patent of nobility, it matters not a straw whether the recipient be the son of a Bourbon or of a tallow-chandler.

So much of life [is] a putting-off of unhappiness for another time. Nothing [is] ever lost by delay.

Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along.

I think that people who don't like kids are awful people.

All experiences come and go. What witnesses experiencing itself?

Love is strong as the Death; jealousies are as cruel as the tomb.

The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.

My movies before tend to be just funny. But it wasn't a conscious thing I was looking for at all.

To middle-class parents, the project team may have seemed unfit for children, but it was exactly what I needed.