I love doing action; I love doing martial arts. There's almost something balletic about it.

I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.

'Bionic Woman' really enriched my career. It was a big, amazing thing to do.

Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.

I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

I like to hang out with my friends, go to the theatre, watch DVDs, read, play with my niece.

Doing the same thing day in, day out. It's just so boring. I like to jump from different things.

I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.

For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.

Sometimes in life, random things can blind-side you.

I was bullied. I was a bit of a geek. Good-looking guys were off-limits. I didn't start dating until I was 18.

I'm looking into my past lives. I'm convinced some of them still owe me money.

I'm a reading addict. I can't live without it, like someone who is addicted to drugs.

The sad thing about reading the book and then watching the movie is that they have to die all over again.

Lucia opened the door. "They say not to discuss politics and religion on the first

With my family background - my parents were both activists - writing about culture and politics came naturally.

The First Lady is going to be criticized no matter what she does.

It is not we as individuals, then, who must bend uncomfortably around the institution of marriage; rather, it is the institution of marriage that has to bend uncomfortably around us.

I lay there, stretched out, looking at the one star visible through the tiny window of the room. Only connect. How can you do that when the connections are broken?

Ireland need fresh impotence.

As a slave [to fashion], I can be very dramatic and very demanding of myself and of the people I work with.