If pressed, I would say I feel British. It's where I grew up and where I choose to live, the culture that I love, but I feel perfectly at home in America, I don't feel like a tourist or anything.

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!'

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.

As a child I loved ghost stories.

If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.

A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando!

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

I always look for contradiction in a character.

A good piece of art raises questions.

Sometimes I can spend months doing things to make sure that my instincts work correctly, but ultimately it's still instinctive.

Love is a two-way street, but not everyone deserves a license.

You can't lie in a magical forest! It will ruin all the magic!

The fearful are caught as often as the bold.

If I have one vice and I can call it nothing else it is not able to say 'no'.

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.

You have to get past the pleasure stage, until you reach the stage of tears.

Analysis is like a lobotomy. Who wants to have all their edges shaved off?

Salzburg... is a mountain town with a rushing river running right through the center, everything in the rain various shades of green and brown.

Know the difference between Giant and Jumbo? Between two-ounce and a big two-ounce? Between a quart and a full quart? What's a tall 24-inch? What does Extra Long mean? Who's kidding who?

Let your pain be my sorrow. Let your tears be my tears too. Let your courage be my model. That the north you find will be true.