I'm not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn't do, but I know what works for me.

Working with Martin Scorsese was an absolute minute-by-minute education without him ever being grandiose about it.

If you know you are going to fail, then fail gloriously.

I feel like I've been marinated in Australian theatre.

I love strange choices. I'm always interested in people who depart from what is expected of them and go into new territory.

I don't think about being beautiful or not being beautiful. ... It's more about feeling confident inside your own skin really and thinking about yourself as little as possible.

Some ideas, like what you're going to do with your life, take time to form.

I couldn't possibly have played someone with feelings towards a woman unless I had those feelings myself.

I think it's always good to take on things that at first seem bigger than you. Then you just try and surmount them.

The word 'circumnavigate' is quite a beautiful word.

I finally had a honeymoon with my husband in Italy.

There are things in life that science will never be able to see. We have to rely on what has been passed from our ancestors, generation to generation.

You should have seen him, ” she said. “A real ladies’ man. Stuff in his hair. Dark glasses. Fancy shoes. He had no idea how funny he looked. I much prefer men with ordinary shoes and honest trousers.

I always wanted to be a writer since I was around 12 years old and I wrote my first book.

Everybody's got their troubles.

Any man who is a bear on the future of this country will go broke.

Women do a lot of uncomfortable things for men - and I appreciate it all. I appreciate high heels. I appreciate thongs.

You should believe in your talent and potential. Never lose hope.

It's America calling the shots in everything

When we went in the late 1990s, Nigeria was still in a dictatorship. So we didn't go with a mission. It started really with a sort of blankness and open-endedness.

I found that doing Pilates consistently three to four times a week had an amazing effect on really toning and shaping a tight waist and legs.