I have a very ostrich mentality. I feel like I have my head in the sand so no one can see me.

You can't eat beauty, it doesn't sustain you. What is fundamentally beautiful is compassion, for yourself and those around you. That kind of beauty inflamed the heart and merchants the soul.

I loved duping my parents; I liked manipulating them. It was a way for me to stand out. It was fun.

I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling.

I've worked hard to feel beautiful in my natural skin. Personally, I don't ever want to depend on makeup to feel beautiful.

Being called gorgeous is not a bad thing! But at the same time, I don’t want to thrive on people’s opinions of me.

I never, in my wildest dreams, could I have thought that the first role I get out of school would lead to an Oscar nomination.