At my core, the glass isn't half-empty - it's not even what I ordered in the first place.

I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral.

It's never been a point of reference to look to a man. It's not always a good thing, I suppose, but I think independence is always preferable to dependence.

I tried four times to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama before I got accepted. I started when I was 17, which was too young, in retrospect, and finally went when I was 21. I just kept plugging away. Determined? Yeah, I think I was.

When I was a kid, it was just a wild dream to think that I would've had a career like this, and I really didn't think that was possible. But things just kind of started to roll, and I was caught up in it, and I went with it.

Professionally, I really respect Natalie Portman - her career choices, actually going for stuff with substance.

A film set is a workplace for me; it's my office, and nobody really wants to be in a stressful work environment.

Anybody who says that having the public recognize them and relate to the work they do is irritating should get into another line of work. You're in this business for people to know what you do and like it.