I have to say that those nine years were full of turmoil and drama and trauma to me, in actual fact.

I mean, even my dressing room at the studio has candles and cushions and cashmere rugs and things.

Age is just a number. It's totally irrelevant unless, of course, you happen to be a bottle of wine.

I've spent years when I've not been in the limelight at all and I'm perfectly happy living my life without being swooped on by paparazzi.

The problem with beauty is that it's like being born rich and getting poorer.

But I have had to give up certain things in my life. One is shopping. Two is lunch with the girls. Three is cocktail parties, and four is studying my lines.

The secret of having a personal life is not answering too many questions about it.

It's no one's fault to be born ugly, but, honestly, must it be worn as a symbol of pride?

I don't look my age, I don't feel my age and I don't act my age. To me age is just a number.

I'm extremely happy in my life. I consider myself to be very blessed.

Life is not life unless you make mistakes

The Veil of Consciousness is a thin sheath thatI wear to view the transparency of the life thatSurrounds me.

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

Self-discipline has a bigger effect on academic performance than does intellectual talent.

What was the good of dreaming of adventure if you turned your back on the first one that came your way?

A little artist has all the tragic unhappiness and the sorrows of a great artist and he is not a great artist.

Sitting eating sushi in the city, incredibly chilled out reading Nietzsche.

Believe the best about people. Pray for their short comings. You are not the standard. We all need grace.

We must curb ourfury, and allow sadness to diminish, and speak our stories with coolness and deliberation.

Man cannot bear his own portrait. The image of his limits and his own determinacy exasperates him, drives him mad.

No one can make you feel low unless you allow them to. You’re not stupid, Alix. And you’re very beautiful. I just thought you should know that. (Devyn)