I think all women should learn how to strip. It's a really healthy, extremely challenging thing to do.

The beginning of my career was so brilliant. It wasn't until ten years later that I went, 'Oh, that was a big, fat fluke and, boy, was I ever lucky.

Becoming an actor? If it's not a calling, don't do it. It's too hard.

Being present is the actor’s job. Being aware of your body, in space, and the emotions that are occurring inside, is essential. Well, quite simply, the more aware one is-of yourself, of your surroundings, of other people-the more likely you are to respond truthfully.

A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're just saying 'No. they're not casting non-white.' You're lumped into a category with people who are just not white.

I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.

When your life changes and you become a more public person, in some ways you need to be a more closed person, you know?