And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

It's not everyday you get to do a pirate movie, you might as well go for it.

I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't.

Half of my mum's family is Welsh. I remember when I was a kid she used to read to me, and witches and wizards in books always had a Welsh accent, so I guess I took it from that really.

If I don't do this film. I'll be acting in corsets for the next 20 years.

I wish I was Sienna Miller. When I talk to her, I hope a bit of her party personality will rub off on me, but it never does.

It's all about perfection, isn't it?

I would be extremely stupid if I said that my looks had absolutely nothing to do with what I do, it [moviemaking] is a visual medium. I'm perfectly aware of that, the face and the body help. Of course they do.

In film as a medium, you're often given a baddie and a goodie and told what to think about them; it's usually a very definite point of view.

I'm doing a film now with a lot of guys as well, so at the end of that I will be growing a beard.

You bring yourself to every role, it doesn't matter who it is, it doesn't matter if it's a mass murderer, you can bring something to it.

I find it quite difficult on studio films because there are so many different executives and things like that that you have to go through, so very often getting that definitive opinion is actually quite difficult.

It's good to know that other people think differently, and that's what makes the characters interesting.

The whole point for me is to change as much as possible. If I've done one movie, I've done that, move on.

The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.

The most important thing in playing any character is not judging.

I like to do the pictures before people get too self-conscious. I like to be spontaneous and get a shot before the subject thinks too much about it.

I always feel like I'm the one with everything to prove.

My doctor was like, 'Any questions?' And I was like, 'Yes! When can I drink please?!' I just want a margarita.

Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are.

A lot of times in cinema today the women are overly sentimental, so I constantly try to do the opposite. I like strident women.

I think quite often when you have a hell of a lot more money and time, as you very much do on a big studio film, you don't necessarily have to make the decisions right there. You can always goback and reshoot it.

Bigger films are more difficult because the number of people is so huge.

I don't quite understand what Tolstoy's actual personal view of Anna is - whether he likes her or hates her, whether she's the heroine or the antiheroine.

Envy is the last thing that my parents feel.

I do think that acting is such an unpredictable job, and you're away a lot. If you're dating somebody outside the industry, it can be hard to understand that.

I find it difficult to see the romance in digital.

In the movie, you're moving, you have personality, you don't have to be great looking.

I think women's bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.

It's a difficult thing when you try and make a film of a book that you really love. You have about two hours to tell the story, and it's never going to be enough.

I don't want to deny my femininity. But would I want to be a stay-at-home mother? No. On the other hand, you should be allowed to do that, as should men, without being sneered at.

It's an interesting thing when you discover something about yourself. To go: 'Wow, I'm not the person I thought I was. I'm in the middle of something and I can't actually deal with it.'

I'm obsessed with shoes. I must have hundreds of pairs...That reminds me- I need to go shopping!

I think it doesn't matter where you're from, we all need a bit of romance.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything. You'd just ask for forgiveness and then you'd be forgiven. It sounds much better than having to live with guilt.

Beauty is everywhere. And my photography came naturally without any particular inspirations growing up.

I don't think that you can fake warmth. You can fake lust, jealousy, anger; those are all quite easy. But actual, genuine warmth? I don't think you can fake it.

I think fashion is like putting on armor. I like that aspect of it, but it's not something I want to think about every day.

I see a pair of shoes I adore, and it doesn't matter if they have them in my size. I buy them anyway.

Empathy is the main thing, putting yourself in somebody else's shoes and trying not to judge.

You have to learn the rules to be able to know how to break them.

Be happy in your body. It's the only one you've got, so you might as well like it.

I made a conscious decision to live my life the best way I could and that meant to publicise myself as little as possible.

I wasn't allowed to do commercials. I wasn't allowed to do TV series. I wasn't allowed to do soaps or basically anything that would mean I missed too much school.

I think everybody has the right to a private life.

I always find it much easier when there's one person whose vision you're following, as opposed to many people.

I cook. I go to farmers markets in London and cook really good sort of organic foods.

What's nice about playing somebody real is that generally there's more information about them, so a lot of the questions that you'd otherwise have to make up the answers to are already there.

And we're fortunate if we have parents who are great and loving and inspiring. But, unfortunately, there are people who don't have that.

It's impossible. You try to have any kind of relationship with your family, with a man, or with a friend, and you have to be on the phone and the Internet the entire time.