Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

Find the stories that unite us

What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

Cleveland is my hometown, and the Indians have a narrow but rich history.

I was the United States Attorney for Maine for three years, and then was appointed a federal judge.

I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.

I think the novel form chose me. I was a writer before I became a criminal... my first instinct was to write.

I know it's hard to not do well at something, and I know it's hard to need help.

For me football is more about making the right pass at the right time.

Four semesters of organic chemistry made a pilot out of me.

Well, my aspirations certainly were not to be in a pre-school show. I mean, it's certainly nothing that I considered; it's nothing I ever thought anyone would ever let me do.