My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.

When the weather is really hot, I tend to live in denim cut-offs.

On shooting days, I have all my accessories, and I style the final look.

Statement earrings and statement necklaces each deserve their own moment. I never wear the two together; it looks overdone.

Comfort is key for a barbecue.

I always carry multipurpose products in my handbag.

I am a Topshop homing pigeon! I can walk into the Oxford Circus branch and ferret out the best bits in minutes.

I'm happy with embellishment in a chunky Prada-esque way, but I'm not into sequins!

I'm known for changing halfway through the day if my mood swings.

I'm usually pretty good about meeting people. I try to remember they are human, too!

I hate it when people are impolite to waiters or to the valet or the guy in the supermarket. There's no need for that; it doesn't cost anything to be polite.

Real inspiration are not people, but their stories.

The quest for learning is the quest for self-discovery.

You have to let it go. You can hold on to the hate and the love and even the bitterness, but you have to go of the blame. The blame is what's tearing you down, babe." -Sky

The most crazed religious fanatic argues in more calm and reasoned tones than liberals responding to statistics on concealed-carry permits.

Christ says, 'Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want You.'

I'm talking like just the beauty, but at the same time to get people to realize that we should treasure it. Maybe visualize it, but leave it alone. A

I won't defile my blessings by imagining that I deserve them. Until every human receives the dignity I casually enjoy, I pray my heart aches with tension and my belly rumbles for injustice.

We're gonna be in a world of hurt if we don't get it fixed, because there's going to be billions of people out there - they're hungry, they're mad. One thing that they can get their hands on is guns.

An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.