I like being involved in interesting and creative things. I'd just rather be involved in creating it, rather than being in it.

It's good to go with your gut instincts in life. You just should. Even if it doesn't work out, something good will come out of it.

I've got a coin with my face on it. It is really bizarre.

Acting is all about finding the truth within whatever world you're in.

I actually don't have a problem with shooting and then just walking away and forgetting about it. I'm not really like a Method actor or an old soul. It doesn't stay with me.

I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.

I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.

All I look for is good quality stuff. Whatever I read, if I like it, then I want to do it. It's as simple as that. I don't have a master plan of, "I should do this genre, and then this."

I don't actually do any exercise, which is really bad. But I wear heels a lot. My theory is that it's painful, so it's gotta do something.

Basically, I always go to vintage shops rather than going shopping for new clothes.

I feel like men don't hold the door open as much.

What a weary time those years were -- to have the desire and the need to live but not the ability.

When you finally meet the right one for you, it suddenly becomes clear why everyone else was so wrong.

What is it with you and the Wizard of Oz references? Zombies and werewolves and vamps, oh my. Zombies and werewolves and...

In a world gone bad, a bear - even a bear standing on its head - is a comforting, uncomplicated, dependable hunk of sanity.

My musical taste has always been wide. I started out as a folky before I moved on to blues and soul.

When I was a child, when I was an adolescent, books saved me from despair: that convinced me that culture was the highest of values[...].

I have a bad memory for facts.

It's hard to find ideas that aren't picked over and harder to get real returns and differentiate yourself. We are entering a new environment. The days of big returns are gone.

To see victory only when it is within the ken of the common herd is not the acme of excellence.

My mum is a bit unconventional; she's outdoorsy and has more of an emotional intelligence, whereas my dad is pragmatic; he's a businessman.