I think girls who looked like me or were from the poorer area where I'm from in Australia, like you don't think "Oh, I'm going to be a movie star." Y….

All my family has very good mathematical abilities - like, so dorky. I was the dork then in school - on any maths exams I'd get 100%. I just knew how….

I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics..

As part of my job, I got malaria really badly and was put in intensive care, and I had a hallucination because they give you this cocktail of drugs t….

I think I appear very innocent and soft, but I'm actually very dark and edgy. It's a weird dichotomy..

Usually when I ask people to reach into my velvety pouch it means something different..

I love it when the director says, 'Rebel, just do whatever you want.' I'm, like, 'Yes!.

I don't like karaoke because the mics are always so worn out. The quality of the mics is such that you're always going (screaming) "Yeah, yeah!" and ….

I'd love to do a court-room drama. I loved 'Ally McBeal.' That was one of the main reasons I went to law school..

When I was just a girl in Sydney, no one thought, 'Oh, she's going to be a movie star.' No one. I had to get by with actual skill and talent..

I stay fat because it just wouldn't be fair to all the thin people if I were this good-looking, intelligent, funny, and thin. It's a public service r….

I try to be healthy. I train three days a week with a trainer. But I do like to eat, clearly. And I do eat dessert every day. If I cut that out, yes,….

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories..

I think that is a really good message, especially for young girls to hear. The fact that someone like me from the western suburbs of Sydney could bec….

I come from a family of professional dog-showers, one step above carnies, but I didn't want to join the family business..

When I was younger I did karate and martial arts, and I think it's really cool for girls to have those kinds of abilities..

I don’t really care what I look like that much, and I think women out there should just be happy with the way they look. They shouldn’t really try to….

I think Russell Crowe is a brilliant actor..

I contracted malaria in rural Mozambique. I was a youth ambassador for Australia. For a year after high school, you give positive speeches about Aust….

If I get two lines in the script, I somehow turn it into 20. I've got a bit of a bad habit of doing that, of just embellishing my little moment..

I know, I pick up the roles other actresses don’t want [laughs]. When there’s movies where there are two sisters and one’s the uglier sister, there’s….