So much of my life is not about work and that is usually mainly what I do tweet about. We live a very quiet life.

I never thought in a million years that I would do a weekly series.

People used to always ask, and I would say I wanted to be an actress. When they would ask why, I would say because my mother has so much fun.

I am an American. I adore Britain and have a strong English half, but my roots are here in the U.S. - it is not a matter of choice; it is simply fact.

You know what else I've learnt? That it's all right not to ride the crest of the wave. Every time a wave comes along I retreat, and I haven't come to any harm yet.

I am determined that nothing but the deepest love could ever induce me into matrimony.

I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

We live on an island surrounded by a sea of ignorance. As our island of knowledge grows, so does the shore of our ignorance.

Our best successes often come after our greatest disappointments.

There's no point starting something you don't intend to finish.

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

True love is impossible for those to whom principles mean little.

Ignore the people who advice you patience! There is no time for patience! Those who are patient for many years about anything are mad!

First I have a think, and then I put a line around it.

when i reached the bottom, i finally understood what Guthrie meant when he shouted, "LIBERO!" It was a celebration of being alive

"You’re different,” he said, touching my face. Of course I was. The man I loved had killed for me. A lot of things became inconsequential after a sacrifice like that.

It's really nice to work with people who understand and really love the artistry of building sets, it's great.