Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

I'm not better than anyone else.

I'm very vain about my performance. I want to give as honest a performance as I can. But I'm not so worried about being regarded as beautiful when I'm playing a character.

Oh, I'm full of fear. I care about things; therefore, I have fears. I like to think that I'm brave, which is different. Brave means you're able to admit that you care. If you care, you are vulnerable.

It's OK to want to look and feel your best. It's OK to work at being attractive, whatever that means to you. And it's also OK to not expect to be defined by that. It's OK to be powerful in every way: to be big, to take up space. To breathe and thrive.

I exercise more for mental relaxation than anything else.

I try to eat sensibly. I cheat, but for the most part, I eat in a clean way.

I eat in moderation and try not to worry about it.

I don't want to be an actress. I want to be doing good work that is well written and has good people in it.

I think you can become dependent on fame and be as known as you want to be, you know?

It's a very young mistake to assume that life is very serious. I get the joke now.

I do feel like I've gotten younger as I've aged.

When somebody asks me who I'm wearing, I always see myself with a BabyBjoern, carrying a little tiny Karl Lagerfeld, like, 'I'm wearing Chanel.'

Working gives you this new perspective. You don't take everything too seriously, and you realise that if you don't do too well on a history test, it's not the end of the world.

It's been a great privilege to see how interwoven nations are and how incredibly complex these relationships are. It's so elaborate.

I wouldn't say that I'm a naturally political beast.

Germany's fascinating. It's a really rich landscape to film and dramatise.

I would be a terrible CIA officer in real life.

I've never been interested or particularly good at censoring my experience.

I still have a book club with my friends from when I was 5. That's the privilege of growing up in a place where people want to remain. It's a huge gift.

You have to come to work from a place of love.

I'm happier in my thirties. I feel clearer about who I am and less apologetic about it, and more accepting of my limitations and also more aware of the ways in which I'm capable.

The twenties are a deceptively challenging-slash-painful time. I'm just glad to be out of that phase.

I am a feminist.