I'm a mother of three children, and we do make mistakes.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

I prefer watching movies on the sofa rather than sitting next to Bob Geldof at a premiere and wanting to kill yourself.

I've never seen an episode of Downton Abbey.

I am delighted to join Doctor Who and to be working with this incredible team. Ms Delphox is a great character and someone I've had a lot of fun playing.

Im a size 12 and Im very happy with it.

'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values.

My children have been all over the world, and I think it's so good for them: expanding their horizons and imagination and seeing how other people live.

When you think about such fine actors as Maggie Smith or Michael Gambon, they do all mediums. I think it would be quite sad and a bit dull just to have to stick to one. I like all of them.

I thought... that we could at least talk about books.

We cannot trust our own minds, traditions and beliefs.

The purpose of armed struggle is not simply to kill... its purpose is to reach a political goal.

I learned I'm not a science writer. I'm not very good at describing how something is happening. I try to describe "So What?"

I'm hatin' my reflection, I walk around the house tryin' to fight mirrors, I can't stand what I look like

The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.

A fear-stricken person can never know God, and one who knows God will never fear a mortal man.

I think Jesse Eisenberg is such a great writer. He was a great director and really tough.

Respect is heaven, respect is liberation.

People are not killed by earthquakes alone, but by collapsed buildings.