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When people think of performing they usually think of show-offs, but I think of it more that you disappear into somebody else.

For me, being a mum has been a really, really instinctive thing.

I wasn't a person who was longing forever to have a baby; the desire came up suddenly.

L.A. makes you feel ugly.

I wasn't a big star in the school plays or anything.

I'll say anything to live.

I go and see music all the time.

Oh yah, I'm definitely an old rocker.

Fear is like the steam that fires the combustion engine. You need fear to get a performance going.

People still kill in the name of religion. We haven't evolved to the point where we're one tribe called humans.

You get perspective on things when you're away from your child, and in a way, your love for them becomes even deeper.

I'm not saving lives.

To come to the Oscars for the first time and be seven months pregnant is quite a thing!

I think if you ask the audience to like you, it's all over.

I think actors have a choice of drawing attention to themselves or living on the outskirts.

I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.

I love to take baths.

I love the way girls in London dress; it's so different to the American 'blow-dry and immaculate grooming' thing.

I don't know anything about science.

I prefer smaller movies because they tend to be more about character than about story.

If I'm just in dungarees, I don't think I would intimidate anyone.

I don't judge the character at all. It's a bit like being someone's defense lawyer - you have to believe in their innocence in order to defend them.

I think London's sexy because it's so full of eccentrics.

I'm pretty private about my neuroses. You're not neurotic if you talk to yourself - everyone does - you're only neurotic if you hear an answer.

I always do my interviews face to face.

I was advised by an American agent when I was about 19 to change my surname.

You would never say to a man, 'do you like playing strong men?' You just wouldn't say that.

I would LOVE to be in the Star Trek sequel! Yeah! I would love to! I better write that letter to J.J.[Abrahams]

In real life, I'm polite and nice all the time. It's fun to play people who aren't. It's escapism.

I don't believe your soul mate has to share your politics.

When I play a part, I never think about likability.

People believe in you more after you've won an Oscar, but it's up to you what choices you make.

In therapy you sit down; in analysis you lie down.

I've done a lot of drama, and comedy was the one genre I was not being offered. So I became obsessive about getting one.

In reality, the main thing that keeps me awake at night is probably the destruction of the planet that's what gets me pretty upset.

Often Hollywood crews go into third world countries and I don't believe they behave well.

I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

I'd like to be wanted for my body, too! As an actor I want to play all different kinds of women - independent women but also very vulnerable women.

Most people care what people think about them ... we all do.

Working with a green screen is easy. It's just like being a kid. But it's not nearly as satisfying.

I prefer being as far from the centre of celebrity as possible.

I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.

In L.A., unless you've just won an Oscar or you're Mr. Studio Head, no one talks to you. Even at parties.

He really paid tribute to the people who are willing to risk their own lives to fight injustice - they are greater men and women than I.

I think I'm very curious about other people. I like to sit and eavesdrop, you know.

I don't like travelling. Which is ridiculous. And it's not because I'm afraid of dying on the plane or anything. I just like to stay at home.

There's not much room for eccentricity in Hollywood, and eccentricity is what's sexy in people.

As an actress, it's part of your job to be able to imagine just about anything - even if it's not within your personal experience.

I haven't only been offered Hasidic roles.

Botox should be banned for actors, as steroids are for sportsmen. Acting is all about expression; why would you want to iron out a frown?

I'm very successful and do lots of films but I've never actually done anything extraordinary.

I'm thinking of doing more theatre. It makes me very happy.

The older you get the more capable you get at managing life.

I'm a storyteller, I'm an actor, an entertainer.

I didn't think the teachers had the right to tell me what to do. I would just disobey, talk in the classroom, get very bad grades.

I think that in big-budget movies there's a lot of other stuff going on besides acting, like special effects.

I am proud of what I am. I am - a librarian.

I want to play interesting women.

You have your real life and then you have your work.

I find Hollywood really toxic.

I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.

I'm marriable. But I'm not married.

I'm too disorganized.

I was an English-literature major, and that's all about stories and narratives.

At the end of the day, flirting is a pretty universal language. Americans are more direct. British people are more indirect about everything

The thing is, you choose to be an actress, but not to be a celebrity.

Some people like having eyes upon them and I don't.

You have to be quite stupid to act.

The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.

Bad things happen when people work together. Everything goes out of control.