My diet - I eat nutritionally-balanced meals. I work out. I do yoga. I love my yoga. I do boxing training because it's fun.

You have to treat yourself. Life is too short to deprive yourself of things.

If I have got a feeling or emotion, I just express it as it comes. I am not good at filtering!

There was a period of time where people felt like women in the show were being exploited a little.

I think once you've allocated an actor to the role that the character will evolve slightly.

In terms of my career and stuff, Game of Thrones has just been such a blessing because people really love the show.

Once a script is released that doesn't mean it's the final product. It's not set in stone.

It is so great to go to a casting director and have them wanting to talk about the show that you are in. It's such a great icebreaker. It just makes the environment so much more relaxed.

Nature is to be observed

Humans make their own history, but not under circumstances of their choosing.

Something which can make us the same... is what do we use to put somebody in confusion and what does they use to put someone in confusion?

At the end of day, people are starving and, if people are starving and thirsty and they need to keep their families alive, people become desperate quickly. There are real world examples of this.

We all know that the people we love are mortal, we all know we’re mortal, we know it’s going to end; you cannot prepare yourself for it.

I dont have a dishwasher, and I hate washing dishes.

Take time to play! Ask for what you want. Laugh. Live loudly. Be avid. Learn a new thing. Be Yourself!

I do like to move and get physical in my movies.

When things are really painful, I turn it into comedy.

Muster your wits; stand in your own defence.