I meditate but not regularly. I wish I did more meditation. It's always my New Year's resolution to do more.

Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull.

I had a period of unemployment for about nine months after my first big break, and it's the greatest lesson I ever could have learned, never to believe you're home and dry.

Ive got a soft spot for really cheesy 1980s ballads by Pat Benatar and Foreigner. When I'm having my make-up put on at 6am and I need to be warmed up gently, it's always Ella Fitzgerald or Nina Simone.

I do as much research as is physically possible when I'm playing a real person, be they alive or dead.

I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy.

As an actor, your text is your bible, so you're not making a documentary, but you still have to follow the choices made by your writer.