Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

Caution others, only if your cautioning does not hurt them. If it does, then do not caution them.

The best thing is to look natural, but it takes makeup to look natural.

One who is mild rather than forceful has greater capacity for outreach.

If crime and disease are to be regarded as the same thing, it follows that any state of mind which our masters choose to call 'disease' can be treated as a crime and compulsorily cured.

One life is an absurdly small allowance.

Whats beauty anyway but ugliness if it hurts you?

When our deepest desire is not the things of God, or a favor from God, but God Himself, we cross a threshold.

It's the teachers, they're the enemy. They get us to fight each other, to hate each other.

Wherever there is desire and ambition, you are in bondage.

Make sure that everything you produce and create is organic to you.