I'm a poster child for feminism whether I like it or not, but I was resistant to the part of me that was a woman.

Feeling fear is a good sign that your survival instincts are intact. You need to appreciate the dangers to stay safe.

Humans sort of instinctively respond negatively to something that's not true.

In my career as a double, a lot of my job is to not just do the fights to make them look cool, but also to appear as the same person as the actor I am playing.

I love acting. And if there's a niche that needs filling, I'm happy to get in there and try to fill it.

My job has always been to not only make my character look like a badass but to also make the actor I am fighting opposite to be the character they need to be too.

When my physicality is involved, it's kind of my comfort zone, so I find it much easier to access emotions.

I would find it more difficult if somebody else was doing the action.

My job as a double was always to put [actors] at ease. My job was to make my character, or the actress that I was doubling, look as badass as possible by being there.

Whatever my job description consists of, becomes my job. Maybe it's just the way I tackle work, in general.

I had to paint the picture that I was never scared, otherwise I couldn't do my job. But now, as an actor, I'm literally paid to look emotionally accessible.

True rebels hate their own rebellion. They know by experience that it is not a cool and glamorous lifestyle

How am I, a writer, supposed to feel about having lost you to a reader?

When we know our true nature, especially the functioning of the mind, we stop being judgmental and become an inspiration and support to others.

Sure I think it is healthy to speak the truth, and be who you are, and be proud of that.

I don’t have to be logical. I’m a leopard. We’re considered wild animals, you know.

There ought to be a special place in heaven for coaches' wives.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.

Who would have thought my shrivel'd heart could have recovered greenness?

Men shouldn’t try too hard, or think about what they wear too much. I like when there’s something about a look that throws it off a little – perfection is really imperfect.

We all want at renewal of our dialogue and restoration of our relations with Turkey in the interests of Russian and Turkish peoples.