I feel like a character actress - it's where I'm comfortable.

I really like 'Girls.' I know everybody does, but I love 'Girls.

I was a kid who didn't have a lot of self-esteem.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.

If I could be working every day, I would be.

The interesting thing about acting is using all your own stuff and having some kind of personal catharsis while you're working.

For a while, I was only being sent fat-girl parts. Seriously? Sometimes I feel like I'm making some kind of radical statement because I'm a size 6.

I feel so grateful when I see a movie and there's a woman who looks somewhat like me. I'm like, 'Thank you, Samantha Morton!' You know, a woman who feels like a human being. That means so much to me.

I've had a lot of struggles with depression. It's very easy for me to go to a bleak place, or for me to doubt humanity, myself, the world, my choices.

There's not much of a follow-your-dreams kind of vibe in New Zealand or my family.

They lived like monkeys still, while their new god powers lay around them in the weeds.

When I escape from my cage of conformity, I grow wings to fly in search of truth and beauty.

Either you have dreams big enough to overcome your fears or you have fears big enough to overcome your dreams.

Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.

I can't do impressions.

I think any time you can go after an audience that isn't built in, that's the job.

The patriarchal society has made women believe, first of all, you're only valid and valuable when you're young.

You don’t have to have a boyfriend to be happy, to be pretty, or belong.

I had to go see the Glee concert with my daughter - oh my God, shoot me.

In comparison to the eight years I spent on Klonopin, the cocaine and brandy wins hands down. If you are ever in a drugstore and they put you on Klonopin, run out of there screaming.