I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!

What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.

I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.

I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.

I'm not very good with stills. I get all twitchy.

A smile is a God given sun that lights up our lives in the midst of darkness

You have to do something else by 30 years old, if you haven't found another way to explore your own identity and make something of it.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.

Of course I litter the public highway. Every chance I get. After all, it's not the beer cans that are ugly; it's the highway that is ugly.

Relevance is not a substitute for the Gospel, but an entry point for it

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method.

In my long and colorful career, one thing stands out: I have been misunderstood.

Those who enjoy responsibility usually get it; those who merely like exercising authority usually lose it.

Personal, spiritual symmetry emerges only from the shaping of prolonged obedience. Twigs are bent, not snapped into shape.

Drew a mustache on your picture, threw your ring away.