I feel that's the richest gift that's ever been given to me: I get to do what I love. And it's a really brutal business, and no matter how successful….

The interesting thing with acting, actually, is that you get to be so many different people that you get to do so much research on so many different ….

I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job..

Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun..

I love doing serious movies for adults..

I'll always take an artistic endeavor over a career move..

I think I'm always trying to subvert conventions, and sometimes it's more successful than others..

Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are..

You can't not be happy around penguins. You're unfortunately happy and cold but the happiness makes up for the coldness..

I don't have a favorite genre. I mean, I always sort of base it on instinct. And it does seem to be that after I finish something that is very dramat….

It's interesting how when you walk into a room in LA there's a sense of what you walk in, as is sort of what you can do. So I spent a lot of time cho….

I generally make a sort of playlist for my iPod for whatever project I'm doing..

For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous..

Sucker Punch' is a big girl power movie..

I think that once somebody sees something, or feels it in the consciousness of society, it starts to allow change for other people..

I think maybe because I moved a lot in my childhood, I'm a little bit of a gypsy by nature..

I've joked that I would have either become schizophrenic or an actress, but as an actress you can do both..

I always feel like I want to work with people who raise my game, and I can do the same for them, and we can jump off the cliff together..

I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages..

She's a (lesbian), but with a body like that she could get any man she wants..

As a creative person, you need to sort of spread your wings and try different things out because each one really does inform the other..