I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.
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For me, horror movies are a real escape.
'Lost Boys' is one of my all-time faves. I just thought it would be great to be a vampire. I remember this movie called 'Once Bitten,' which is about an '80s sort of power girl who became a vampire and was really, like, sexy. Hair like she was from 'Dallas,' shoulder pads, big earrings.
There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.'
I urge everyone - men, boys, women and girls - to join me in standing up for girls' rights with Plan U.K.
Sometimes it's a bizarre, fairly cold, and horrifying thing to be a parent.
I could quite happily run a florist or a bake shop.
I was never one of the cool kids who read '2000 AD.'
I always have scarves handy; they're my indulgence. I buy them at an L.A. shop called Lost & Found. I'll spray one with loads of my Byredo Gypsy Water perfume, put it on and be like, 'Ah, this feels good.'
I almost never get recognised in the street.
I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.
One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.
I'd like to play Walter White, but I guess that's been done.
I usually bring along a bottle of kombucha, thinking, 'This will be really good for me.' But I never actually drink it. The fermented mushroom-y flavor is too intense for me.
It's a feeling without a lid, of what you would do, physically, verbally, to protect the one thing that is your greatest love.
I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.
I love the chance to train with someone like Mark Twight.
I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.
People who never get anxious always amaze me. The world could be breaking up, and they're saying, 'Everything's fine!'
I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career. I should have been a doctor. If you play certain parts you have this nice face painted on you, and then you have feel as if you have a responsibility to this idea of being beautiful. I hate that about our business.
I'm small but quite tough. When incensed, I can swing a punch.
I do what I do; I can't control who thinks what.
I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.
Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.
I'm sad I'm not in 'The Purge 2.'
Really, I still just think of myself as a Northerner, ultimately. It's in my DNA. I'll always have those Northern qualities. We can be mischievous. We can be bold.
I'm a tomboy. I used to get into a lot of fights. Don't know why - self-expression, I guess.
If I was into politics, I would be rich.
That scene in 'The Purge' where my kids, Mary's kids, are in danger was really crazy for me, because I suddenly... I have my methods as an actor, so I went to the place of 'If somebody came near my children, with bad intent?'
A lady of a certain age must keep her top on. That's what I feel.
Nothing's ever allowed to just be entertaining. We have to talk about it.
Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.
I don't want to be owned by anyone.
Some 'Terminator' fans are outraged that I'm playing Sarah Connor. They think I'm not muscly enough. To be honest, I'm a little tired of the comparisons to Linda Hamilton. I know she will always be the original Sarah Connor, but when people see what I bring to the role, they will look at her with new eyes.
There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
I find 'Chainsaw' to be a very relaxing film.
I like to keep my personal life private.
I carry about eight lip balms: Burt's Bees, Rosebud Salve, Eos.
Shooting guns is not something I would do in my spare time. I really don't understand why Americans can purchase guns so easily and why they use them for sporting purposes.
I'm 40 next year and I'm very well aware that where I am now, it becomes a bit of a wilderness for actresses.
I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.
I took up boxing as a fitness thing. I got obsessed, and I would go every day when I wasn't working. It's just an insane sport when you get into it.
I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.
There is always that thought that you might get stuck with a character. But there's always the notion that every character is always evolving.
I'm dreadful at schmoozing at Hollywood parties.
With fantasy and sci-fi, it's based in a real fandom. You're presenting to experts, and their source material is really important to them. They'll come up and ask: 'so when you turned your head slightly in that scene, what were you thinking?'
There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.
I've never directed before, so I need to make sure that people know that I can. The movie that I've written, 'The Sophisticates,' is a... small ensemble comedy and I hope it's charming and funny.
Since being quite young, I've had a very strong sense of independence and survival. As a child, I was on my own two feet emotionally.
Nothing I do is by design. It's always the result of a happy accident. I didn't have a career plan. It has just become the way it is. It's all good fun.
