I grew up working in Canada so everything was low budget.

This world would be a whole lot better if we just made an effort to be less horrible to one another.

I love playing roles that are physical, absolutely love. Whether it's just that kind of basic level of physicality or whether it's stunts.

I'm a tomboy from Nova Scotia.

Loving other people starts with loving ourselves and accepting ourselves.

As a girl, you're supposed to love Sleeping Beauty. I mean, who wants to love Sleeping Beauty when you can be Aladdin?

I don't know why people are so reluctant to say they're feminists. Could it be any more obvious that we still live in a patriarchal world when feminism is a bad word?

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

I'm really passionate about music - I get really emotionally connected, probably in a weird way.

Judging people you don't know for things you don't understand is just really stupid.

Why are vegans made fun of while the inhumane factory farming process regards animals and the natural world merely as commodities to be exploited for profit?

she kept sliding down, in small half-willing surrenders, till she was a heap, with the book held tiringly above her face.

I guess it’s worth a shot.” More than likely a wasted bullet, but I’ll fire anyway.

There are techniques of Buddhism, such as meditation, that anyone can adopt.

You see the fairy tale - four minutes of glory at the Olympics. I thought my life would be cake after that.

Have faith in the magic and miracles of life, for only those that do get to experience them.

Bugs have always loved me.

The earth is moved from its position by the weight of a tiny bird resting upon it.

Once you let the words go, you have no control over how they're printed or what the media does with them. So there's no point in trying to make plans or to control it.

Don't wait for the stars to align, reach up and rearrange them the way you want...create your own constellation

Far too many people have no idea of what they can do because all they have been told is what they can't do. They don't know what they want because they don't know what's available for them.