I'm hungry for a cold and mean character - I'd love it if someone thought I could play gritty. I want to play a baddie, someone really scary.

I am a hopeless romantic.

I have endless playlists on my iPod so will throw on, say, Bruce Springsteen or The Smiths, depending on what kind of day I'm going to have.

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

You never think you're as old as you're ever going to get.

And it's as you get older that you realize that the things that make you strange are the things that make you who you are. And that's a lovely place to get to.

I've been told I make a very good brew.

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and cheese aspects of people are very interesting to play.

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them.

We cannot let the future of our children be decided by their zip codes and family incomes.

Do not postpone what's important to you simply because others don't share your priorities

Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.

Death stands behind every bride, every groom.

Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.

All of this has happened before, and it will all happen again.

A country's assets reside in the tinkerers, the hobbyists, and the risk-takers.

I have to wear heels. There are some things that you just have to do.

I volunteer with School on Wheels in Los Angeles, and I also tutor with Koreh L.A.

I guess after tonight Boots won't think the whole world is her friend," thought Gregor. She had to find out sometime, but it still made him sad.