Angelina Jolie may get Antonio Banderas in bed for eight hours on a movie set, but I get him in bed everyday.

Much has been said and continues to be said of what little concern the Turks had for the Acropolis treasures.

I would say, don't smoke. I'm kidding, but yeah, I did smoke in college and as a young actor and it's stupid.

Grace, respect, reserve, and empathetic listening are qualities sorely missing from the public discourse now.

It felt like a very, very weird thing to go on the set on September 13th. I would never want to glorify that.

I made a pact with myself when I was 12 that I would only work with people who make me happy. I choose happy.

I was just fascinated with how everyone else in the world lived, and I was interested in telling their story.

You can’t get mad at a bear for being racist. You can’t get mad at a bear for being offensive. It’s not real.

It doesn't matter if you're play-pretending crying or play-pretending laughing, you're still play-pretending.

I write in my sleep. I don't know how, but I'll work on a song, go to sleep and it's finished when I wake up.

When you write or sing a song that means something to you, you are saying, 'You know what? This is who I am!'

They're not role models. So for me it was a bad decision, because of my fans and because of what I stand for.

I love making independent movies, and that's pretty much what I'm going to be doing for the rest of my years.

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Why wear white? It's like, forget about dropping something on it. I don't understand how anybody wears white.

I've always dreamed that George Lucas would call me one day and ask me to be in one of the 'Star Wars' films.

In England, with all due respect, we have some of the plainest actresses in the entire world as our greatest.

I loved doing Supergirl, but I would love to do Batgirl. I would absolutely love to do a live-action Batgirl!

I've always been the go-to girl for all of my girlfriends in terms of relationship advice or clothing advice.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

I was a huge fan of 'Game Of Thrones.' I hadn't read the books but had watched the series from the beginning.

Dance connects us to the musicality of life and to one another. No one should be denied such basic pleasures.

I learned there's a tremendous amount of sisterhood among Muslim women, which I thought was really beautiful.

It's nice to be given a role where you can really find the strength from within, as a woman, and to be heard.

People say that jealousy is the greatest enemy of love. They’re wrong. The greatest enemy of love is boredom.

I want to be contributing and working with people that I like and love, and this was the perfect combination.

You're asking the wrong girl about fame. I'm hardly famous. I wouldn't want to trade places with anyone else.

I think the paradigm is shifting with regard to women and what we bring to the industry. I feel very blessed.

I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.

People just - they don't really know me. They see me on "The Simple Life," they think that's really who I am.

Anything that propels me to create, like [my book, Straight Walk]. It kept me inspired for almost four years.

A well-rounded performer will listen to all kinds of music. I like classical, Middle Eastern, and rock a lot.

The panic attacks - I still have them. They started when I was around 8. They always have to do with my death

I had to find a relationship with someone who could simultaneously make me grow up and keep me forever young.

I'm really attracted to strong women. Let me rephrase that, I'm really attracted to strong female characters.

Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian.

I am much more productive late at night because I have no one to look to for entertainment aside from myself.

I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever.

I really like writing from real-life experiences. Audiences seem to prefer the stuff I couldn't have made up.

Sometimes I'll make face masks at home, and it's fun. I love that. I've been doing it since I was a teenager.

I'm really trying to be in the now - that's so spiritual and stuff. It's just so much more pleasant and sane.

I am the queen of hashtags! I love hashtags. I think in hashtags. I wish I could write everything in hashtag.

I think booze is a good ritual. I think knocking back a shot of whiskey does calm the nerves and helps a lot.

I don't really think it matters if you go into stage or TV as long as you do a bit of character work, really.

If the kids did want to get into showbiz then so be it, but I would never project anything on to my children.

When it came down to doing the nude scene, I couldn't hide how humiliating it was for me; I burst into tears.

Well, it was the beginning of my film career. It was amazing to me that I got nominated for an Academy Award.

I tell people that I'm a Christian, but I don't think it's giving an insight into who I am or what I'm about.

Most of my life, I've been on a film set. There isn't anything to learn, not learn, unlearn. It's just in me.

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