I do not want to play a character who is exactly like me.

Sometimes you film in your hometown, sometimes you go halfway across the world.

After I read 'The Hunger Games,' I went out and got 'Catching Fire' the next day.

I do think I tend to be typecast, but it doesnt necessarily bother me.

I find that as long as I'm acting it doesn't matter if it's for TV, or a series or a short film. I always have fun no matter what I'm doing.

There is no schedule in the film industry. It's not like you have a 9 to 5 job every day.

Be passionate about your dreams and never give sleep to your eyes until your good becomes better and your better becomes the best.

The most urgent necessity is, not that the State should teach, but that it should allow education. All monopolies are detestable, but the worst of all is the monopoly of education.

...with a strong strong glow of courage, drank off the potion.

(Don Fey had a large rubber stamp that said "bullshit, " which was and is awesome.)

I have started a new blog W.A.R.(Writers Amongst Readers) for all those writing or reading books. Quotes, excerpts, comments from the world's greatest writers. See robinhawdonblog

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the fight for their rights.

Have fun, be active. Ride a bike instead of driving, for example.

The cost of motoring is a massive issue at the moment, there's no question. The price of petrol goes up every time you go to the petrol station.

I am changing the notion that actresses can’t have happy marriages

I wasn't into acting when I was a kid. Maybe because I was shy or it didn't occur to me.