"That's what life is - you follow where your heart leads you - at least I do."

"Really rejoice in being yourself. Have your own drumbeat."

"If you stick with a vision, it might not all work, but some of it will be absolute genius. To me, 15 minutes worth of absolute genius in a film is so much better than two hours of mediocrity. I would rather pay to see something different like that."

"Since doing the show I've been so busy that I've not really had time to mope."

"My experiences in film and theatre in the States have been much more rigorous-in England there's an environment of, Let's try this."

"I've always thought that less was a lot more."

"I've been playing sexually aware women most of my life. At this point I expected to be playing moms and wives. It's exciting to play a femme fatale."

"The first professional play I ever saw was The Importance Of Being Earnest, and I just fell in love."

"Practically all the relationships I know are based on a foundation of lies and mutually accepted delusion."

"The roles for women in theatre are much better than they are in film."

"I sort of have a love affair with my work. Many of us work far too hard and we don't put enough value in the epicurean, sensual part of life."

"I first wanted to be an actress after seeing a play - not a movie."

"Theatre can't be done again and again and again and again - it's organic."

"I think the wonderful thing about doing theater is that it's more of an actor's medium. I think that film is more of a director's medium. You can't edit something out on stage. It's there."

"Men cheat for the same reason that dogs lick their balls... because they can."

"Art is an expression of who you are. Parts that I play are my sculptures."