I've been fortunate not to have been pigeonholed by virtue of being mixed-race, of being English and black, and by virtue of working all over the wor….

Crucially we haven't been figuring out how to live in oneness, with the Earth & every other living thing; we have just been insanely trying to figure….

If I could change my appearance, I would have the gap between my front teeth put back in..

Humans are really interesting. We're so clever, what we do with our brain. How we manage to con ourselves into thinking all sorts of things is really….

You're inviting hysteria with your boobs that are nearly showing nipple and your skirt that's nearly showing muff. You're exciting this hysteria that….

Fear is just part of our DNA and our make-up. By definition, if we've had to be looked after for two years, it means we can't do it on our own and we….

If we're all living in ourselves and mistaking it for life, then we're devaluing and desensitizing life..

I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s - I am 39 - lack in gor….

I can hardly find the words to describe the peace I felt when I was acting. My dysfunctional self could actually plug in to another self, not my own,….

Then I became a mother and it just fills every space, that isn't filled with something else important. It's just like this incredible balloon that bl….

[We assume] that the self is an actual living thing, but it's not. It's a projection which our clever brains create in order to cheat ourselves from ….

The reality is that who you are is who you are right this second, not who you were at any moment in the past because it doesn't exist anymore. It's d….

I use the film industry as a pleasure for work and that kind of thing and it's not a pursuit to make me feel happy in my life..

When it comes to emotions, we all feel pain in the same way, everyone, whether you're from Istanbul or Beijing..

From about the age of 5, I was aware that I didn't fit. I was the black, atheist kid in the all-white, Catholic school run by nuns. I was an anomaly..

I feel like the sexy clothes put a bar between you. It's like putting an alcohol drenched piece of wood between you and the person, and it's inviting….

Very often, if you think about what's erotic and break it down, as we're feeling the excitement of eroticism, we're feeling fear. We want to try to d….

I never understood the point of juicing - I always thought I could get enough nutrients from eating fruit and vegetables - but now I'm a convert..

I'd love to do yoga every day. I don't usually have time, but a few sun salutations go a long way..

Having children is life-changing, to state the obvious. It's a gigantic shift in your life and I welcomed it..

I don't put the pressure on myself to be a very successful movie star. I want to enjoy being an actor and I want to be challenged by the roles I take..