In the U.K., there is a sort of obsession with class.

It's beneficial to play against your type; to be chameleon-like.

My history teacher was utterly terrifying, but her lessons were very inspiring. She got me interested in people and stories, which then led me to acting.

I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.

When I'm in a tricky situation I often think: 'What would Beyonce do?' It helps.

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

I'm not recognised much at all.

I think it must be so hard to start your career with everyone going on about how gorgeous you are. To be in that bracket must be so pressurised.

I don't really get recognised very much.

As actors, you play people who are not yourselves!

I certainly never saw myself as posh.

Writing is a defence against boredom, but it's also a cure for melancholy.

You've got to have faith. You've got to begin to continue to hope and not give up on others.

Illuminated emancipation, freedom, unalloyed and untainted bliss await you, but you have to choose to embark on the Inward Journey to discover it

If you're an American and you are, you know, subscribing to the ideals and the creed and the values that we believe in as a country, you know, then we don't have a religious test in this country.

Valentine, just a few words to tell you how I love you. I have loved you since the first day I saw you. Whenever that was.

I care more about telly because it made me an actor and there's a much more immediate response to TV. You can address the political or cultural fabric of your country.

When you go card dead its torture just sitting there.

I'm Cuban and I always will be.

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.

Both parents' rights must be in balance so children can grow up with a balance between both parents.