I feel weird when I go to the movies and everybody's faces are perfect.

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.

I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.

If we don't harness their potential for good, their societies will continue to reap their capacity for evil.

It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones.

Rocket science is tough, and rockets have a way of failing.

I grew up in Harlem in New York, very rough, urban environment, and so what I found is that, if I can have kids travel to different places, countries, areas, it can expand their minds.

When women have a voice in national and international affairs, wars will cease forever.

You know sit with your arm around a little kid and read. It not only teaches them to read but it keeps the family strong.

When I started in fashion, I had already adopted the sailor-striped sweater as my uniform; that way, I wouldn't have to drive myself crazy trying to figure out what to wear.

A woman should not take a lover without the consent of her heart, nor a husband without the consent of her reason.

To injure your opponent is to injure yourself.