Because I take very seriously the idea that I can make an impact in the world, I hold back my voice so I can make more of an impact when I do use it. A cause like One Billion Rising is something I want to scream about, and I want you to take that scream seriously because I don't fall out of nightclubs. I don't have photographers capture me spending untold amounts on a handbag.

I've honestly been really lucky. My only jobs have been babysitting and acting.

There are people who've said that I'm being brave for being openly supportive of gay marriage, gay adoption... With all due respect, I humbly dissent. I am not being brave, I'm a decent human being... Love is a human experience, not a political statement

I have never been called too pretty for anything. That would be a problem I could get used to.

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.

Everyone makes sacrifices for their job; the movie's not saying that you don't have to work hard. The movie is saying that if you're going to work hard, then make it worth it, believe in what you're doing.

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