My mother [was in advertising and] worked incredibly hard when she was bringing us up. She was a working mother and a working single parent.

Day to day, I always wear eyeliner on my top lid and mascara. I like to do my own makeup, it depends on the event.

I use SPF every day, then apply foundation, mascara, eyeliner and blusher. I always take my make-up off at night and moisturize.

The more you work, the more people can see that you're something different from what's come before.

I have a great plain blue shirt from APC, and a denim one from Dolce that I wear constantly. It's hard to find the perfect denim shirt, but this is it.

I'm small. I'm petite. But I'm a bit of a fighter inside.

I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.

Always, my mother said, "Be yourself." That is sometimes the hardest thing to do. I try to always remember that and come back to that and have strength in who you are. There is only one you.

Fashion choices are never arbitrary. Even if you say you don't care, that's a decision. There's something you're trying to say.

I think, as an actor, you're always traveling. There's a sense of dislocation sometimes from home.

I think that when something happens when you're growing up, like a death or divorce, it does open the world slightly because things aren't as straightforward.

It doesn't cost anything to pay attention.

Your eyes make me pick up my pen and write.

Be thankful for problems. If they were less difficult, someone with less ability might have your job.

Our officers and men behaved like men who are determined to be free.

In the past, people said I wasn't focused and didn't give it the time. That's a bunch of crap. I'm not doing anything different now than I did before.

It's more about capturing an idea than about capturing a moment.

Anger infests Lee Bowyer's simple mind. He could get sent off playing solitaire.

I love Toronto, It's the best city.

A pill to make you numb A pill to make you dumb A pill to make you anybody else But all the drugs in this world Won't save her from herself.

Fully to surrender to love can be terrifying. But it is the price life asks in exchange for the possibility of ecstasy.