I do mostly British projects, and for family reasons and life reasons Britain's my home, where I have a lovely garden.

When youre a young English person who wants to be an actress and you have dreams, you dream of being Vanessa Redgrave or Judi Dench.

The older you get, the better you get, because you've seen more. You don't necessarily have to go through a lot, but you have to witness it in order to recreate it.

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition.

It's naive to think there is a woman in the world who isn't brought up to believe that they are waiting for their soul mate. You even see it in Disney.

You can't keep things secret in a film anymore. Once you realize the secret's out, you might as well go with it and not pretend that it's not there.

I did 'Tumbleweeds' for fun. I did it because I loved it and I hardly even got paid.

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.

I have become a marketing tool and I feel very uncomfortable with that. There's no space for me to express myself.

People are calling a lot, sending scripts my way. Yes, it's wonderful because, let's face it, there aren't many wonderful scripts for women over the age of 10.

In walking or working your dream, arriving is a bad thing, because arriving makes you do things you said you wouldn’t do when you started.

One Smile makes two Smiles and two makes many Smiles so keep Smiling :) :).

God loves the church with a love too deep for human imagination: He loves her with all His infinite heart. Therefore let her sons be of good courage

We who were born into privilege and opportunity were given these gifts with an expectation: to give them away.

We can see unmistakeably that there is an inner relationship between Zen and the warrior's life.

We all lose someone at some point in our lives, But don't ever let go of that smile. Hold on forever, Because that's our final dedication.

I think that [James] Comey acted in an outrageous way during the [presidential ] campaign [in 2016].

It is development, not poverty, that causes upheaval and terrorism.

Look at your heart-flower and smile. You will be able to solve your most pressing problems.

Women sometimes seem to share a quiet, unalterable dogma of persecution that endows even the most sophisticated of them with the inarticulate poignancy of the peasant.