I'm the type of person that you'd walk past and go, 'I think I went to school with her,' or 'I know her and I can't quite place it.' It certainly isn't, 'I know her full name, and I can tell you who she is.'

I'll never be able to quantify how important 'Venus' was for me or my career. I ticked a huge box.

You will not get me in one second of an interview criticising another actress for a phenomenal performance.

I'm not really the type of person that can sit and watch my own performances.

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then; life is dull without it.

Depression can kill you. It can also be a spiritually enriching experience. It's really an important part of my theology now and my spirituality that life is not perfect, and I grew up wanting it to be and thinking that if it wasn't, I could make it that way, and I had to acknowledge that I had all kinds of flaws and sadnesses and problems.

Let me tell you what the truth is... I have learned one thing in life: there is no such thing as bad press. There is not. That's a fundamental truth. The more bad things said about you, the more power they give to you.

Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off - your experience of life is more intense.