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 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.

My mum says that I was born 45, and I do remember at six thinking that I should be earning my own living.

I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost in the fantasy of them.

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

I think every girl is looking for her Mr. Darcy.

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

At this particular time, I probably am more comfortable with myself. Just now I'm having a lovely time.

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.

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

I really believe that in this industry women have to be very true to themselves about what they're comfortable with.

I am a slow reader. I always loved words, which is a strange thing given that I couldn't actually read them.

I tried college for three months but I was desperately unhappy. I just wanted to perform. I was getting straight As but I had no friends and cried every day.

My upbringing is why I am the person I am today. I have very wise parents.

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 don't have a problem with my body. I'm not just going to strip off all my clothing, but if the part calls for it and I don't think there's any way round, I'm absolutely fine.

Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that they completely speak to what makes people human.

I started working when I was seven, and ever since then I've been saving for an apartment. Even before that I had a little jam jar designated for my apartment money.

If only I wasn't an atheist, I could get away with anything.

I see the world through my eyes. It's sometimes a strange world.

I like watching films when I don't know anything about the people.

When I was about 5 I think, I desperately wanted to be a pirate and have the hat and everything.

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.

Film is a much lonelier process than theatre. You really don't have any rehearsal time in film. You don't shape it together... with theatre, there is a complete kind of family atmosphere. The sociable side of this business is the theatrical side, it really isn't the film side.

They always pencil in my boobs. I was only angry when they were really droopy. For King Arthur, for a poster, they gave me these really strange droopy tits. I thought, well if you’re going to make me fantasy breasts, at least make perky breasts.

You already feel unsure of yourself, and then you see your worst fears in print. It really knocked me - which is why, I think, I was working, working, working, because I was trying to run away from the fact that I thought I couldn't do it.

All through my life what I've loved doing is watching movies. I love the escapism of film, I love stories. So it is incredible to be able to be in them as much as I am, to see them from the first stitch in a costume to the end product.

Some people say Dylan Thomas mischievous, he's a child, and other people say he's quite demonic. I don't think we should dictate about him, if that's your view of him, that's wonderful, but it's great to know that other people think differently.

“You Are One Decision Away from a Completely Different Life” 

“If you only ever did the things you don’t want to do, you’d have everything you’ve ever wanted.” 

“Hesitation is the kiss of death. You might hesitate for a just nanosecond, but that’s all it takes. That one small hesitation triggers a mental system that’s designed to stop you. And it happens in less than—you guessed it—five seconds.” 

“Start before you're ready. Don't prepare, begin.” 

“There will always be someone who can't see your worth.

Don't let it be you” 

“There’s one thing that is guaranteed to increase your feelings of control over your life: a bias toward action.”