My agent in London told me, after Never Let Me Go, because I loved doing that so much, "If you're on a lucky streak and you're doing well, you should….

Posing on the red carpet feels like you're selling something that has nothing to do with you. If you do it with someone else, it's like we're saying,….

I'd love to do a Paul Greengrass movie, or something like that, that's a character-driven action film. I'd like someone to make me go to the gym ever….

I am committed to helping Alzheimer's Society in any way I can. My family and I rely on the help of organisations like Alzheimer's Society to help us….

I did Wall Street, and then everything that happened with An Education took me up until March. I didn't want to work during that because there was ju….

I don't know why people are so down on the Best Western. They have the best sweet potato fries I've ever had..

I have always hated nightclubs, and don't like loud music..

If you're walking down the street in L.A., people do sort of look at you like you're a hooker because it's so rare to see someone just walking..

It's always harder to maintain raw enthusiasm or joy than to go into a really dark place..

I've always said I prefer theater, but there's only ever been one play that I really loved doing, and that was The Seagull..

I can change my appearance quite easily just by changing my hair. So I can adapt quite well..

People get married when they're 18 and spend their whole lives together. I think their greatest fear is that someone will see it as a fling because t….

I wanted to be in a Baz Luhrmann film. It's just extraordinary. He's so amazing at what he does. He makes the most incredible films..

It makes it easier, if you can't do an American accent. I don't know. It's different. I played a character in Never Let Me Go where the script for my….

I never get recognised here in London, which I like. Once a year, someone comes up to me and asks if I am 'so-and-so's niece' because they think they….

When you start playing a character every day for seven weeks, it suddenly starts becoming easier..

My character in 'Shame' is an outrageous person. Loud and uncompromising and I begged Steve McQueen to give me the job..

I'd like to do a play, but I can't find the right thing. I don't want it to be a starring role. I just want to play a really interesting character..

It's funny that you can murder someone horribly and graphically and disturbingly in a horror film, and it's not an NC-17, but if you put a naked man ….

I didn't want to do a costume drama. It's a great thing to do, but I've done them, and I didn't want to do the same thing again. Of course, costume d….

I can actually cook one meal now, as opposed to before, when I could cook nothing. My family are very excited..