I looked around one stage school when I was maybe nine. It just scared the bejesus out of me. I was incredibly open, and the girls seemed fierce and determined.

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 most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.

Work with joy.

The great changes in civilisation and society have been wrought by deeply held beliefs and passion rather than by a process of rational deduction.

Holy words and pure and goodly deeds ascend unto the heaven of celestial glory.

Whatever capacity she possesses to supernaturally beguile a human soul—and she possesses many—she liked his clear-sightedness too well, to blind him that way.

We may have a tiny little room that we rent, and if we keep it clean and it's impeccable, then we gain a power from that.

Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings.

Avoiding the doctrine of Hell is one step away from denying it altogether.

Let us remember that the main purpose of American aid is not to help other nations, but to help ourselves.

Many an attack of depression is nothing but the expression of regret at having to be virtuous.