When your life is as precious as all our lives are, then it needs to be kept precious and looked after and treated well. And that is not something we should be sharing with a wider audience.

Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!

What am I doing in this silly showbiz life? I do wonder that sometimes.

I'll always take Scrabble and chess if I'm going filming. But I do have the Scrabble dictionary, which can be infuriating for other players.

I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.

I like working on stage because there's something very immediate about it, that interaction with an audience where you immediately hear their reaction, or feel them, whether they're with you.

I've always been a strong feminist and felt that the image of models was detrimental to women. That whole thing really bothered me. I would think about quitting about once a week.

I had a happier experience of the city as an actress than I had had as a model.

My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.

You can't ignore the system and the power you acquire as an actor if you're in films that are successful.

I do get funny people sometimes coming up to me in supermarkets in America with my picture in their pocket, which is a bit strange.

From compromise to deceit is a small step.

Your victory depends on how much you believe in God’s power

The many are more incorruptible than the few

We must lay before him what is in us; not what ought to be in us.

It is not whether your words or actions are tough or gentle; it is the spirit behind your actions and words that announces your inner state.

Of course, personally, I think it'd be tacky to wear diamonds before I'm forty.

Mountains define you. You cannot define / Them.

I've known ambitious people with no aptitude for the thing they did. Most of whom, rather terrifyingly, tended to succeed.

We all need a place that is safe and wholesome enough for us to return for refuge. In Buddhism, that refuge is mindfulness.

We are entering a period of human history that may provide an answer to the question of whether it is better to be smart than stupid.