I can't do with mountains at close quarters - they are always in the way, and they are so stupid, never moving and never doing anything but obtrude themselves.

“It makes me so mad that some people underestimate the wisdom and energy of young people. All because they don’t look the way older folks think they should look. I’m working on a song about it. Maybe some of those closed minded people will realize long hair and tattoos don’t mean they should be ignored. Close minded people are part of what’s wrong with this world.”

“I am sure of nothing so little as my own intentions.”

“’Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark our coming, and look brighter when we come.”

“Pleasure’s a sin, and sometimes sin’s a pleasure.”

“Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.”

“Wine cheers the sad, revives the old, inspires the young, makes weariness forget his toil.”

“To withdraw myself from myself has ever been my sole, my entire, my sincere motive in scribbling at all.”

“If I am fool, it is, at least, a doubting one; and I envy no one the certainty of his self-approved wisdom.”

“I don’t even call it violence when it’s in self defense; I call it intelligence.”

The best things in life sometimes happen spontaneously.

We're trying to make a movie that's interesting.

I used to play a lot of racket sports, tennis and squash.

I like to meditate. But I get rid of my stress at the gym.

I'm naturally a protective person to those close to me.

I suppose that's the European way, dangerous and hairy.

I've come from nowhere, and I'm not shy to go back.

I thought 'The Bank Job' was a really quality movie.

When I go to the cinema I watch all different kinds of films.

I've never been one to run around in Speedos on the beach.

You should never assume about someone.

Some of my best experiences are with writer/directors. Guy Ritchie is one. I feel they have a clearer view of what they want to do. They haven't got to try and interpret someone's writing; it's all theirs. I really admire that.

I think we're all sensitive; everyone has a certain way about themselves that people don't like to let their emotions out too often. I think people tend to suppress them and hold them in, so I think there's a bit of that in me.

“If I play a stupid girl and ask a stupid question, I’ve got to follow it through, what am I supposed to do, look intelligent?”