Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

As an actor, variety is the spice of life. I love theatre… it's what I enjoy the most. But a bit of TV, a bit of film, a bit of stage - what more could you ask for?

You know, Taylor Lautner, with a body like that, he should be taking his shirt off. For me, it's not so essential.

I think it's quite good to have an amount of unavailability.

As a child I'd get given parts as a tree.

With acting, I've got a character to inhabit. You've got to think about your intentions and your directions. In modeling, even though there's an act to it, a good model is a good model. For me it's uncomfortable territory. You start to feel quite insecure about yourself. There's nothing between you and the camera, and it's just you.

The actors I respect are the ones who see it as a career and manage to live reasonably normal lives, like Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman.