School was a waste of time for me. I was bored and left at 16. I started taking correspondence courses at college instead. I did incredibly well. I won an award for my grades.

Even though I don't believe in God, I feel strangely compelled to fight the atheist label.

I've always lived my life the way I wanted and been honest with myself and everyone around me.

I take the sexy girl parts and try to give them something else and make them a character.

[The Rum Diary] is a prestigious movie and it's got a great, talented cast, so they wanted to make sure they had the right person for the role, but it was a torturous process. It was painful.

I always felt like an outcast at school. I had good friends, but none that I truly related to.

I would love to see women be able to be powerful, complex, smart, opinionated and taken seriously, even if they are beautiful. Even more, I would love to see women held to different standards, other than the superficial ones that we're held to.