I don't know what I'd do if I had to look pretty all the time.

I like doom and gloom with a sense of humour. Maybe it's a Scottish thing, we like to undercut indulgence with a laugh.

I never get the tall, blonde, glamorous roles because I'm not tall, blonde and glamorous. I'm more the wee, disturbing characters because of the way I look or sound.

There is such pressure on kids these days to be the best at everything.

I daydream all the time, and I like that quality.

Youth makes you brave, I suppose. When you're young, you make a fool of yourself all the time. Because of all the rejections and the criticism you get all the time, there has to be a drive there.

When I'm doing theatre, I feel like my life's on hold. Even though you might go out for a coffee, or go and see a film, your brain is still there, pulling you back to it.

I'm always nervous taking on a period role because it's difficult to research - you can't observe it, go out and see it. But it's satisfying because eventually you think, 'I got there.

American scripts are usually non-stop conversation. People talking over each other. I like that.

Filming is long - you get very tired, and your skin breaks out and you get lumps and bumps. It's easier if you're allowed to have bags under your eyes.

You suddenly find yourself somewhere and you wonder, how did I get in this room? That happens to me all the time, every day!

Encouragement of sedentarism is perhaps the oldest "state project, " a project related to the second-oldest state project of taxation.

It is better to be killed than frightened to death.

When Byrd came out of there, he had written a lot things while he was in the hospital.

I was raised Catholic and I have a lot of respect for the good in the Catholic Church. But I don't go to church.

Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating.

Introverts often assume what's inside is visible on the outside. We don't have to invent or fake the emotion; we just need to allow it to be seen!

If you wish to persuade me, you must think my thoughts, feel my feelings, and speak my words.

There's a difference between making incremental improvements and making sweeping changes that take you away from your core values.

I have dedicated my life to the 200m, I really love the 200m a lot.

The right to free speech is more important than the content of the speech.