I think for me the job always has to be the right thing at the right time. 
I'm definitely not a science nerd. That was not my forte at school. 
I'm not someone who likes to plan too much ahead. 
I almost broke my coccyx on 'The Wolf Man', and I banged my head once. I had to fall really hard. 
Why should you have to atone for making big movies? 
I'm on a health kick! I'm drawn to cheeseburgers, so I've got to just try and keep it on an even keel. 
I want to find something really wonderful to do next and take my time to search through the dearth of great material, especially for women. 
Watch the History Channel if you want it literal and historically perfect. 
I love character roles. I'm happier in them. I look for roles that have some kind of complexity. 
As long as everyone is playing for the scene or the movie, rather than themselves, then you're going to have something really good. 
People just want to know something, anything. It's all the stuff you never want to talk about, the private stuff. 
It's very hard to play the straight lead girl and still make her sparkly and fun and real. 
When I read a script, I'll have a very visceral gut reaction to what does this mean to me? How does she feel in my skin? Could I play this role? 
I do strive to find projects that are trying to carve out some new space. I enjoy projects that leap away from the crowd a little bit. 
I'm not much of a crier but it is mildly soul-destroying and exposing to do something physical that you are terrible at in front of other people. 
The business is all about gush and hype. You never have a bad meeting in L.A. 
There is absolutely, 100 percent, a light at the end of the tunnel for anyone who stutters. 
Well, you wear underwear. That helps. 
It's funny, because when you work on a set, everyone is watching you. You are being observed by everyone. 
I think I'm drawn to characters with complexity or who are under duress in some way and have some conflict going on. 
I attempted to fish in Scotland and I managed to hook a dog. It was a horrible moment but the dog turned out to be fine. 
A lot of period dramas can appear quite arch to most people, stuffy. 
I used to look like a deer in headlights on the red carpet. You step out of the car and it's bedlam. Everyone's got crazy eyes. 
It's nothing to be ashamed of to have a stutter. 
It's always a little mind-boggling to realize that these famous actors know who I am. 
I really look for asking myself that question, "Oh my God, how am I going to do this?" That's what I aspire to every time I take on a new role. 
I find it quite hard to sum up my relationship in a sound bite. I feel that it trivializes it for other people's pleasure. It's an adventure. 
Give us a break! I've hardly done anything but independent films. 
I'm Sudafed-ed up, but it's alright because I'm having to do this rather sultry scene, so maybe it's OK that my voice is three octaves lower. 
I'm kind of effectively bipolar. 
I love ambiguity. People are that way. People are very hard to work out. No one is just strong or just fragile, or anything like that. 
It's nerve-wracking singing in front of people. I think that's why most people get drunk for karaoke. 
I think it is nice for people to appreciate a slow-burning, beautiful story that makes you feel good when it is over. 