It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.

I want to be in 'Glee,' but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.

I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always.

I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art.

I'm not great at having my picture taken and I don't enjoy that side of it very much but I enjoy being with my friends and it's nice to have a reunion.

Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite transient. I quite like being nomadic.

The minute I get into a hotel room, I scatter my stuff everywhere. It's like a bomb site within a minute. So I suppose that means I'm trying to nest.

It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place.

I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music.

If you're walking down the street in L.A., people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see someone just walking.

But Grover’s voice was already growing fainter. ‘Sweet dreams. Don’t let me die!

If Jesus is not enough, the person you met wasn´t Jesus.

We will always find ourselves in trouble when we get comfortable with things as they are.

The sound came again. There was a whistle to it, and a moan. It was almost a hiss, and it could’ve been a strangled gasp. Above all, it was quiet, and it seemed to have no source. It whispered.

We may have pets, but when it comes to unconditional love, they are the masters.

I've always believed that you can think positive just as well as you can think negative.

To save the world requires faith and courage: faith in reason, and courage to proclaim what reason shows to be true.

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

"What are you going to do?" "Can't say - run for president, write -" "Greenwich Village?" "Good heavens, no - I said write - not drink."

Meaning is context bound, but context is boundless