When I first got the job, I was told nothing about my character. She's an anthropologist and she's tough, she's a female Indiana Jones. That's what I went into [Lost] knowing.

I'm not Irish. Just because I have red hair doesn't mean I'm a lucky charm, you know?

My first car was in 2006 when I got on my first TV show - a BMW 328i2 four-door sedan in slate grey. That was a great day, that was.

All I do is watch TV and films, and when I'm not doing that, I'm making them. I need a hobby!

You know I hate watching myself on TV, I know a lot of actors say that, but it's true for me.

It's a blessing to be paid to be in paradise. The Hawaiian people are so friendly.

I'm quadracontinental. I've got a life in London, New York, L.A. and Hawaii.

I'm incredibly cheesy. I'm all about happy endings and all of that.

I do accents. Sometimes when I've had a few drinks, I speak in different accents all night long, and then at the end of an evening someone will say to me, 'Seriously, where are you from?'

I never did any sports at school. It wasn't until I moved to America, to New York, when I was about 20 that I actually thought that if I wanted to be an actress I might have to start working out.

Actors who say they don't watch TV are stupid. I was raised by TV! And it's how I research for auditions.

My life is a room filled with love letters and goodbye notes.

He growled low in his throat. “I don’t think I can do this the nice way, Jessica.

We the people have more power than we know, and we must learn to use it judiciously.

True, I have raped history, but it has produced some beautiful offspring.

If you would take, you must first give, this is the beginning of intelligence.

I don't care if I ever hit radio, and I don't care if I ever get any bigger than this. I just wanna stand up for artistry because that's what really matters in music

The weather for me is nothing special. The weather couldn't kill me.

Keep a grateful journal. Every night, list five things that you are grateful for. What it will begin to do is change our perspective of your day and your life.

When I saw the script [of The Man], I saw the character and knew I could do the character. It's a relationship movie, which is also what I love to do. That's what attracts me to projects.

Pictures are not incidental frills to a text; they are essences of our distinctive way of knowing.