We recently had an extension built, to house a closet. It's like the Tardis - I go in there and never come out.

After Zorro, people spoke Spanish to me for ages. I'm Welsh but that movie instantly gave me a new ethnicity.

If my revelation of having bipolar II has encouraged one person to seek help, then it is worth it. There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help.

I wish I was born in that era: dancing with Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, going to work at the studio dressed in beautiful pants, head scarves, and sunglasses.

I do condition my hair with honey and beer. I smell like the bottom of a beer barrel for days afterwards, but it's very good for the hair.

For marriage to be a success, every woman and every man should have her and his own bathroom. The end.

My mother always told me that no matter how late it is, you take your makeup off. Take it off!

I hated grunge. No one’s more feminist than me, but you don’t have to look as if you don’t give a - you know. You can be smart, bright, and attractive aesthetically to others - and to yourself.

Words impress me. If a man can speak eloquently and beautifully to me, I just melt on the floor.

I'd love to do a show in Vegas with drag queens. The tackier the better.

I eat like a horse - my mother still brings me Cadbury's chocolate from Britain; I do have a very healthy appetite - but I work out.

...ducks and geese are foolish things, and must be looked after, but girls can take care of themselves.

Children are better to starve than forced into prostitution.

God' is always the equivalent of 'I do not know.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Metaphors hide in plain sight, and their influence is largely unconscious. We should mind our metaphors, though, because metaphors make up our minds.

Man is ice to truth and fire to falsehood.

As soon as I found out how compartmentalized the industry was, I realized, Well, no wonder the cartoons are so bad.

One of the things I liked about my character in 'Run' is that she can just disappear into the background if she wants, which is what I'm like.

Always, as you travel, assimilate the sounds and sights of the world.

You shouldn't say anything mean about people who can't read. You should write it instead.