“We really damage our own confidence when we put ourselves down, so I try not to.”

Understanding our past is a crucial part of understanding the injustices and inequalities of our present and remaking our future as a nation.

One of the basic things we’re asking states to do is ratify all relevant gender equality standards.

I really love animals and enjoy working with them.

Harry Potter’s like Santa Clause: something you can’t see but wish was real so badly that you end up believing in it.

Young girls are told you have to be the delicate princess. Hermione taught them that you can be the warrior.

I’m a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation.

Small changes, such as thrifting instead of buying new, supporting sustainable brands, and air-drying your clothes, can make a huge difference.

For an actor, it is better to play well (or even not so well) in a bad film, than to not play at all.

There’s nothing interesting about looking perfect.

I want to be a Renaissance Woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I just want to do everything.

I don’t want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself.

If we stop defining each other by what we are not and start defining ourselves by what we are, we can all be freer.

Focused with precision, it can become a powerful source of energy serving progress and change.

The human race is like a bird and it needs both wings to be able to fly.

Don’t let anyone tell you what you can and can’t do or achieve. Do what you want to do and be who you want to be.

The difficulty for me is that I’m interested in so many different things.

Be confident, not certain

You defeat defeatism with confidence.

Always, always, always believe in yourself, because if you don’t, then who will, sweetie

I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.

It’s not a question of if we make the playoffs; we will. And when we get there, I have no fear of anyone.

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.

I’m just really confident sexually, and I think that sort of oozes out of my pores. It’s just there. It’s something I don’t have to turn on.