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.

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

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.

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

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.

You must want a thing enough to chase for it.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.

Words make love with one another.

It's not the mathematical skill that's critical to winning; it's the discipline of being able to stick to the system.

I believe in my heart that I am ready to work to restore America to its rightful place in the world.

Adults always acted like they could fix everything. But they can't. And they know it.

I'm so fast I could hit you before God gets the news.

There is a difference between feeding someone and eating dinner with them. If every Christian at home just made room for the stranger we would end homelessness overnight.

I can make a movie about Lee Harvey Oswald and make you feel what he feels and make you understand why he believes what he believes. That doesn't mean I think you should go out and shoot JFK.

Heaven is in a grain of sand.