“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.”

“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?”

“I don’t consider myself an intellectual. And this is not one of my aims. But I admire intellectual people.”

You're creating new things in movies and people are going to steal them.

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

I've always retained my privacy, but now I protect it even more.

I guess you could say I've been in my share of violent movies.