Living in America, I became aware of many issues and went through a period of politicization

It's quite hard for me being an actress because I actually don't like attention

I basically put myself into directors' hands and let them tell me what to do, and the more they told me what to do, the more I liked it.

Happiness is the absence of suffering. I think it's an interesting way of looking at it. I think the absence of suffering exists very rarely in the world we live in.

The status quo and the media is doing everything it can to fry children's brains and make them grow up maladjusted.

Some people enjoy celebrity. I admire those who do, because if you're going to go through it, you might as well enjoy it.

I regret that I wasn't the kind of person who could enjoy celebrity. It embarrassed me too much.

Early on, I found the attention completely embarrassing. I'd cringe if I saw my picture on the cover of a magazine.

Most of the time I spent in America, I was having a love affair with some American or other. I was just passing through but stayed because of these chaps.

I never dreamed I'd like any city as well as London. San Francisco is exciting, moody, exhilarating. I even love the muted fogs.

My family said that I wanted to act even when I was a child living on a tea plantation in the jungle in India.

If it's glorious to fail in great attempts, then #gloriousfail should definitely be a thing.

I've noticed that when I am selling a lot of records, certain things become easier. I'm not talking about getting a table in a restaurant.

An ugly knife lay buried in the heart of Mad Carew,'Twas the 'Vengeance of the Little Yellow God'.

The Pearly Gates. Am I the only one who finds it odd that Heaven has gates? What kind of neighborhood is Heaven in?

When your team questions your competence, your ability to influence is shot.

'Upstairs Downstairs' and 'Downton Abbey' appeal to people because they're about our history, they look so beautiful, are written by amazing writers and have high production values.

The more people come out, the less it will be an issue.

This world is painted on a wild dark metal

Many a lash in the dark doth con science give the wicked.

A good wit will make use of anything.