I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.

I thought to myself: if it’s true that every person has a star in the sky, mine must be distant, dim, and absurd. Perhaps I never had a star.

[Alexander von] Humboldt showers us with true treasures.

Part of my humor is the fact that I love coming out of left field. I don't want people to expect what is going to happen next.

As you can tell by my IMDB page, I like to work.

In the end, forgiveness simply means never putting another person out of our heart.

Life without music is meaningless, music without life is academic.

My pleasure was to copy, not to create.

What we have learned from other becomes our own reflection.

Christianity is not a religion; it is the announcement of the end of religion.

My philosophy is very simple: when in doubt, take a bath.