Think about laughing and laugh about thinking.
I was a fighter and very determined. There was no way I was going to back out without winning.
I'm more proud of quitting smoking than of anything else I've done in my life, including winning an Oscar.
I don't want to fight aging; I want to take good care of myself, but plastic surgery and all that? I'm not interested.
Competition is very good. . . as long as its healthy. It's what makes one strive to be better.
Theatre is more exciting in the sense that you can actually see the audience in the eye. You know there are no takes and retakes. You have one chance to do your job. . . and you better do it well!
My heart's in really great shape thanks to spinning classes.
I was a child actor. I was this spaz kid diagnosed with ADHD, and I worked all the time.
The essence of my work, and of me, is the softer side of a strong woman, and that goes into a number of different roles.
To regard such a positive mental science [psychology] as rising above the sphere of history, and establishing the permanent and unchanging laws of human nature, is therefore possible only to a person who mistakes the transient conditions of a certain historical age for the permanent conditions of human life.
By the time I came to do the final ones [Harry Potter's film], I was working on something that was massively successful. There was a huge difference in indulgence and all sorts of stuff. A very big difference in peoples' attitudes. They were very pleased with themselves. In human terms, it was quite interesting to see the difference.