"Whether you're throwing up or breaking up, you want your girlfriend right there! I don't trust women who don't go to their girlfriends."

"My therapist says I still haven't got in touch with my anger. Maybe one day I'm going to explode. But I'm still really happy. I know it looks like a strange and painful upbringing - all those experiences led me to the paths that I'm on now."

"The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously."

"I don't mind a little Sturm und Drang. When I was doing 'Riding in Cars With Boys,' I wouldn't smile at anybody, because my character, Bev, was angry at the world. I'm the opposite. Inside my head I'd be like, God, I'll explain to you at the end of shooting that I'm not this person."

"A life well-lived is a testament that character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases."

"I'm a vagabond. I have a suitcase that is ready to go at a moment's notice. The thought of being in one place for a long time, or playing one character for a long time, is terrifying for me."

"Politics is an act of faith you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public."