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.

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.

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

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.

Are we Pakistanis, children of a lesser God? Is there one law for the west and one for us? Is our democracy supposed to be only democracy if you give us a no objection certificate?

You don't 'love' people when they are 'nice'. Don't you see that's the same as saying 'what's in it for me'?

Their pull was undeniable, like fireworks on top of flaming bonfires.

I was a disruptive child.

I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

Im a sucker for accents and any man who can actually sing and serenade you.

Music was our wife and we loved her. We stayed with her, clothed her and put diamond rings on her hands.

My life didnʹt need to be on the line for me to enjoy dessert.

I'm growing as an artist and expanding my range, and not pigeonholing myself by doing the same thing, over and over.