Death is final. No it is not just final, it's worse than that, it's diminishing: the dead continue to decrease, to occupy less space.

I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.

I always keep myself busy. I'm writing. Or I'm creating something. Or I'm doing stuff with the kids. I'm up incredibly early in the morning; I go to bed incredibly late at night.

In terms of 'Solaris,' I didn't really think about the religious aspect an awful lot. There's one scene at a dinner party, and it's discussed, but it wasn't an overwhelming theme for me.

I have a massive divide between being a competent human being and being completely hopeless, when it comes to logic.

Scribbling things down is my therapy. I filter later.

I think it's incumbent on actresses to bring something else to the part which isn't in the script.

My stepfather introduced me to The London Library when I was about 18; the clientele has definitely changed since then, but it is still a wonderful oasis in the middle of London.

I feel awful for women who are trying to raise kids on their own, with zero income and no fathers present - that's single motherhood.

I happen to find motherhood a very natural state, but I know a lot of other people don't.

Authenticity is the litmus test for the honesty, transparency, and trust which are necessary for healthy relationships.

These passive prejudices were not necessarily from a place of ugly, but they certainly weren’t from a place of respect.

Don't go the distance trying to fit in the crowd and be accepted by others. Accept and respect yourself first. Loving thyself also goes with this."-Elizabeth's Quotes

Maybe women get to a certain age and they no longer have a filter they're considered crazy people or something.

If I had to design a career for myself, I would have done comedy.

To tell a woman who is forty, "You look like sixteen," is boloney. The blarney way of saying it is "Tell me how old you are, I should like to know at what age women are the most beautiful.

No choice is the wrong choice as long as you make a choice. The only wrong choice is choosing not to make one.

The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them.

I believe in an ultimate decency of things.

I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.