I don't think balance is something you get from someone else; it's something women have to find from within. For me, finding balance is still a work in progress.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.

You never know how things will turn out. And you can't really say it turned out wrong. Whatever happens, happens. The important thing is that you followed your gut.

I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

In reality, the main thing that keeps me awake at night is probably the destruction of the planet that's what gets me pretty upset.

There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

Eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

It seems to me that if you or I must choose between two courses of thought or action, we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure on the world.

I wouldn't trust a man who wouldn't try to steal a little.

I think One Direction are the biggest band in the world, their songs are great.

As long as your going to be thinking anyway, think big.

One nice thing about telling a clean joke is there's a good chance no one's heard it before.

I grew up in Queensland, and my dad was a tradesman and my mum an insurance agent, both self-employed.

I didn't see myself as any advance guard, or feminist.

Writing is always a process of discovery—I never know the end, or even the events on the next page, until they happen. There’s a constant interplay between the imagining and shaping of the story.

Immigration should be enforced in a proportional and humane manner.

I recommend...bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.