Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress.

The thing about the Oscars is real life doesn't stop. You have to get back to planet Earth the following morning. The rubbish needs taking out. The kids will be crying. They'll need feeding. Kids do not care whether you've been to the Oscars!

I actually pointed my wand and it blew up! The power! The power was just like Angry Birds, but big [as] life.

I hate this image of me as a prim Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.

I drink booze, I smoke, and I'm hooked on caffeine. I actually have been known to swear at times and belch and even raise my voice when provoked. And I'm not physically repressed!