Who you are as a character is kind of the foundation of everything.

I was always into very androgynous things. Guys, girls... I'm into androgyny in general.

If I'm going to do anything extreme, I want it to have consequences.

I am trying to be a good person. I am trying to be myself, and if nobody likes me for me, that is their problem.

I'm a big karaoke fan and I also love Justin Bieber unashamedly.

You don't have to take yourself so seriously all the time.

And, look, I'm sorry if I have blond hair and blue eyes and my boyfriend looks like a vampire. What do you want me to do about it?

I was always pale. And I'm glad that I can be open about my paleness now.

Getting to share a project with Anthony Hopkins is incredible. It's like watching Da Vinci paint or something - you're reminded why you do what you do.

The most complicated character I have ever played - she has many, many, many layers that even I'm not fully aware of.

I have my own demons, my own pain and darkness, but I choose to embrace them and look at them head-on and deal with them. Then it doesn't hurt, and you learn from it.

Moral’ means one is free to enjoy only the things that belong to him and those he receives naturally and spontaneously. That is the ultimate meaning of morality.

...the longer one stays in full flight from reality, the more painful will be the landing.

Most of us lie because it is our last resort to get out of any uncomfortable situation.

Don't tell me about your effort. Show me your results.

Let me be as the bullock which stands between the plough and the altar, to work or to be sacrificed; and let my motto be, "Ready for either".

Along the avenue of cypresses, All in their scarlet cloaks and surplices Of linen, go the chanting choristers, The priests in gold and black, the villagers. . . .

Whatever God there is is slowly eliminating the guts and alimentary system from the human being, to evolve a higher, more spiritual being.

As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.

Any scientist who can't explain to an eight-year-old what he is doing is a charlatan.

Is it not, then, better to be ridiculous and friendly than clever and hostile?