I don't think there's anything on this planet that more trumpets life that the sunflower. For me that's because of the reason behind its name. Not because it looks like the sun but because it follows the sun. During the course of the day, the head tracks the journey of the sun across the sky. A satellite dish for sunshine. Wherever light is, no matter how weak, these flowers will find it. And that's such an admirable thing. And such a lesson in life.

I do think it's well over-time to have a female Doctor Who. I think a gay, black female Doctor Who would be the best of all.

It has nothing to do with clothing or makeup. Just put your shoulders back and chin up, and face the world with pride.

As an actor, those are the roles that you long for. You always want something that's going to kick your last role out of the water and put you off on a new path.

I think a lot of my work has been a weird attempt to liberate myself, but it's not altogether successful.

It's a mystery that thing about chemistry because often people who hate each other in real life and hate each other on the set have great chemistry on the screen. And people who love each other in real life and love each other on the set have absolutely no chemistry whatsoever.

You write your life story by the choices you make.