You can spend an entire day walking around in New York, whereas in L.A., it always ends at some point because you have to find a way to get home.

I want to be in 'Glee,' but I'm told I'm not famous enough to be a cameo yet.

I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they recognise me from somewhere. I like that.

It's tricky playing people that you don't like and finding a way to empathise with them. It's challenging and very exciting for an actor.

I wanted to be a musical theatre actress - I wanted to play Sally Bowles, forever and ever always.

I don't think you should ever damage other people for your art.

I'm not great at having my picture taken and I don't enjoy that side of it very much but I enjoy being with my friends and it's nice to have a reunion.

Am I reserved? I think I agree with that. I don't think I'm particularly original. I am quite homey, though. But then I'm also quite transient. I quite like being nomadic.

The minute I get into a hotel room, I scatter my stuff everywhere. It's like a bomb site within a minute. So I suppose that means I'm trying to nest.

It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place.

I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music.

A widespread meticulous consistency causes a bigger suspicion than the most obvious inconsistency does!

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

If you went for a job interview in a Glasgow law firm, they used to ask you what school you went to. And that was a way of finding out what religion you were.

I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team. When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and the other team comes apart.

Don't confuse fame with success. Madonna is one; Helen Keller is the other.

The Clergy is the greatest hindrance to faith.

Consistency is the bugbear that frightens little minds.

...telephone operators now routinely use '80s-babble, chirping, "Have a nice day," the moral equivalent of the smile button.

No one is ever hurt. Hurt is in the mind.