Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life.

A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

I spent most of my life watching HBO series wishing that at some point in my career I might be able to work with them.

Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf

Sometimes I feel like the kid left out - the weirdo with the silver hair that no one likes to talk to.

I told my parents I wanted to be an actor and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment so they're just happy I'm in work!

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

Being a single girl in New York it's what you should be doing in your twenties!

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

I'd give my right arm to be, like, a random extra on 'Girls,' just to walk past one of the scenarios. I'd love that more than anything.

My mother taught me how to apply my own makeup at 13 years old, and the most important lesson I learned is to never touch my eyebrows and to cleanse, tone, and moisturize twice a day.

Writers Block? Get out and have fun. Love yourself. No use frowning and buying anti-wrinkle cream after.

I was assailed by memories of a life that wasn't mine anymore, but one in which I'd found the simplest and most lasting joys.

I can't believe you're a professional golfer. I think you should be working at the snack bar.

My shaven head is my way of saying 'I wont take no for an answer,' it is my way of saying 'I believe in my creativity and artistry.'

If you study the root causes of business disasters, over and over you'll find this predisposition toward endeavors that offer immediate gratification.

Practiced poorly, tourism can be extremely negative.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

Bach is Bach just as God is God.

You're only as good as your last collection, which is an enormous pressure.

As Martin Luther King said, "Passively to participate in an unjust system is to accept that system and to participate in its evil."