There's just certain accents that you can and can't do. And the Scottish accent was one that came quite naturally to me, which is weird because I have no one in my life who's Scottish.

I'm a middle child, which is probably why I chose to be an actress. I needed the attention. I've got one older sister and a younger brother.

I think all decision making is very instinctive, in the end.

With any job the main thing that makes the job is the people.

I think, often, when you are in just a lot of pain, it comes out as anger.

After all I've done for you' has alienated more children from their parents than any act of parent cruelty.

My little dog, he did not get ill. It is so funny that people get ill on a boat and dogs do not.

Some people say they're gathering DNA. Perhaps they're gathering it for the future when the human race is stronger or weaker, who knows. That's science fiction and mere speculation.

All your beliefs, they're just that. They're nothing. They're how you were taught and raised. That doesn't make 'em real.

If people say something rude or off-color, you have to take it with a grain of salt, because they don't know you.

I think we need to think about our physical activity as a reward, as something enjoyable and something we look forward to doing, not something that we regard as self-flogging.

When I heard Grateful Dead music, I knew that it was the most powerful force on the planet.

Success is all a matter of perspective. It depends on where you start from, and where you want to end up.

I'm glad folks think I look different, I'm living a different, happy, more fulfilling life, and I'm thrilled that perhaps it shows.

New surroundings have a way of returning attention to areas that may have become rote.