Mellow doesn't always make for a good story, but it makes for a good life.

Whether or not you agree with Ayn Rand - and I have certain issues with some of her beliefs - the woman can tell a story. I mean, the novel as an art form is just in full florid bloom in 'Atlas Shrugged.' It's an unbelievable story. The characters are so compelling, and what she's saying is mind-expanding.

I'm not one of those stars that goes out and literally dresses to be photographed.

It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that a billion women have been raped or beaten, just the enormity of that. When I was in college, I'd heard that one in four women would be raped, and I thought, God, that means I must know someone who was raped. Sure enough, I found out a week later that a friend had been. A billion is too big because one is too big.

I love the Dr.Hauschka range and use the cleanser, toner and moisturiser every day.

I think I was raised in a solidly upper-middle class family who had really strong values and excess was not one of the things that my family put up with.

There's something wildy decadent about the young-star lifestyle, and I just don't really see the point. I got my partying out of my system in college.