At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove.

I don't quite understand what Tolstoy's actual personal view of Anna is - whether he likes her or hates her, whether she's the heroine or the antiheroine.

I'm ... incredibly open with my mates. Or even people I just meet.

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

The thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human. They're full of flaws as much as they are full of heroics. I think the reason that people love them and hate them so much is because, in some way, they always see a mirror of themselves in them, and you can always understand them on some level. Sometimes it's a terrifyingly dark mirror that's held up.

In L.A., I'm twice the size - height and everything else - of most of the other actresses who are going for an audition.