No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.

Multitasking? I can't even do two things at once. I can't even do one thing at once.

Why do you put your self esteem in the hands of complete strangers?

Who wants to be normal when you can be unique?

I drink a lot of Diet Coke and belch. I've been known to use the ''f'' word.

I've never had white teeth. To be honest, I've never been told to do any of those horrible things - get your teeth whitened or your nose straightened.

Imperfection is underrated. Perfection is overrated.

You just have to do what suits you, and it doesn't matter if you don't look like everybody else. Be you. That's our gift and we've got to celebrate that.

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened.

Wear what you feel comfortable with. People say nasty things about what I wear in the street. I'm always in worst dressed lists, but you just have to dress for yourself and ­nobody else.

I'm drawn to emotionally damaged characters because there is more to unlock.

Songs and smells will bring you back to a moment in time more than anything else. It's amazing how much can be conjured with a few notes of a song or a solitary whiff of a room.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

There's nothing better than a 200 lb snatch, if you know what I mean.

At Oxford one was positively encouraged to take wine during tutorials. The tongue must be untied.

Tea tempers the spirits and harmonizes the mind, dispels lassitude and relieves fatigue, awakens thought and prevents drowsiness, lightens or refreshes the body, and clears the perceptive faculties.

Im a McDonalds girl - several times a week. Usually the two-cheeseburger combo meal.

He simply contemplated human realities from a divine perspective.

Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship.

Teach what is inside you. Not as it applies to you, to yourself, but as it applies to the other.

To understand any living thing, you must, so to say, creep within and feel the beating of its heart.