I was the nerdy one. I always played those kind of characters until Mad Men.

I was a goth girl in high school. Perhaps the powdered white face and the black lipstick were not the most attractive. I felt fabulous at the time but looking back, uh, probably not the best idea.

Sexiness is about being an individual and having conviction about what that is.

I have a problem keeping my mouth shut. I usually speak my mind. I'm trying to learn my lesson.

I've always been someone who really watches other people, human behavior. To watch it and be able to express it through your version has always been really exciting to me

I met a lot of young girls modelling and they were like, 'Oh, I'm running around town and people are taking my picture', while I was saving receipts and learning how to be self-employed.

I think Joan's advice would be: always know more than anyone else, always be discreet as possible. And never cry at work.

I adore the incredibly tight clothing! My own wardobe's changed - I've streamlined a little bit and definitely learnt from Joan's sleekiness and tailoring.

I'm just looking for material that excites me more than any specific genre. It just needs to be good.

I'm not quite at the point where I feel the need to wear disguises in public.

Yeah when you're in the middle of filming this movie [Bad Santa 2] it doesn't matter what you say you can think of some sort of way to twist it into something dirty so we were laughing a lot.

Like herbs in a pestle, life steadily ground out the essence of those who did not have access to comforts.

I am strong enough to forgive.

Well, it's not easy to find something that you do not know exists.

I could stay here forever interrupting our talking with kissing, interrupting our kissing with talking.

And indeed if you think you're a genius at something, what you achieve is very much according to your expectations; if you think you're no good, you're not going to get anywhere.

A man who doesn't make you feel special, wanted or important would make a very poor husband.

Looking at the individuals who suffered the most during the hurricane, you could see that those with underlying medical problems were at greater risk.

To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.

I come from the bush ... where men are men, and the sheep are nervous.

I learned a lot about acting from the people I worked with.