I grew up around horses, but acting and riding on camera is a whole different thing.

A young Brit girl with no theatre experience decided to take on an iconic American role on Broadway. Maybe I should have thought that through?

I spent most of my life watching HBO series wishing that at some point in my career I might be able to work with them.

Never trust anyone whose TV is bigger than their book shelf

Sometimes I feel like the kid left out - the weirdo with the silver hair that no one likes to talk to.

I told my parents I wanted to be an actor and they were getting ready for a life of unemployment so they're just happy I'm in work!

I long for the countryside. That's where I get my calm and tranquillity - from being able to come and find a spot of green.

Music is something that's always been a huge part of my life.

Being a single girl in New York it's what you should be doing in your twenties!

All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.

I'd give my right arm to be, like, a random extra on 'Girls,' just to walk past one of the scenarios. I'd love that more than anything.

The door you open to give love is the very one through which love arrives.

Lyrics are kind of the whole thing; it's the message. Something might have a beautiful melody but if it's not the truth coming out of your mouth, it's not appealing

If your power is decreasing then you have to do something about it right away.

What is life? A continuous praise and blame.

"War gives men a plain-and-simple something to do ... Women write diaries in the hope that their words will beckon fate." It's a romantic manifesto.

I can't help feeling that there is no beauty without hope, struggle, and conquest.

Why anyone would want to leave Everton is beyond me anyway. Even for Manchester United, Chelsea or anyone. This is the place to be.

I just made my album. I did my best, and I uploaded the video just at YouTube. That was all.

Sometimes I'm dazzled by how modern and fabulous we are, and how easy everything can be for us; that's the gilded glow of technology, and I marvel at it all the time.

It's always a treat to have something that lets me explore a different period. I do try to be a stickler, as much as I can, but luckily the writers are, as well.