People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.
I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.
I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.
There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.
I enjoy what I do and it's a great way to live your life.
I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.
I dont want to be owned by anyone.
Freedom isn't free at all, that it comes with the highest of costs. The cost of blood.
It's not socially acceptable to be a complete and utter manipulative cow.
I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.
I have an internal protectiveness where it's like, if it comes to just me, as frightened as I am of losing someone I love or things going sour or simply being alone, there is a dark place in my brain where I'm like, It could happen and I'm okay, I'm prepared.
I'm just going to stay single forever. I could never live with anybody ever again.
I have a playlist of farts on my phone.
Getting the role in '300' saved me. I'd been out of work for 11 months after 'The Brothers Grimm.' Once the film came out and didn't do so well, the director Terry Gilliam blamed me for absolutely everything. It was pretty appalling, and I had started to wonder if I'd ever get another job again when I was asked to audition for '300.
There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.
I think I cry when I'm angry. I let it go that way.
I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.
I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?
Having the tattoo itself is not really for the end result for me. I like having them done.
I've said from day one that I've got no problem with nudity. I've done it throughout my career.
I almost never get recognised in the street.
I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.
Getting older and having kids, you learn how to become less serious about it all.
There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.
I look at someone like Kathryn Bigelow, and I have so much admiration. She's playing in the boy's sandpit, and winning.
