“I don’t see the point in working just to be working.”

I love love stories, no matter how dark.

In real life, I’m pretty much an eternal optimist.

A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn’t stop at one instrument.

Playing different characters in different films helps keep you excited about what you do. It always seems like a whole new adventure.

I’ve been rapping since I was 18 years old, with a crew called Blades.

I think it’s really important to live in the moment.

Because I don’t have a child and as much as you can sort of imagine it it’s always nice to hear from all different walks of life what motherhood is like and what that feels like. And particularly young mothers.

I’m a bit hyperactive as an actor, I like to keep moving.

I’m pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.

A female’s career as an actor is very different from a male’s career as an actor. That’s just the way it is. So, I’m fascinated by really strong male careers that have inspired me, and also really incredible male roles.

I’m a vegetarian and very much active in regards to how I feel about animal rights and protecting animals and giving animals a voice.

I had an amazing childhood.

I’ve got heaps of dreams.

Growing up on a farm was the best. I remember loving that expanse of space. The sky at night was so clear, I could see every star.

Making a movie is, for me, like painting. I just enjoy the care that goes into every brushstroke and the choice of every color. I enjoy the intensity of it.

I’m portable. I carry a laptop and a little recording studio on my back.

Not even always preaching but just leading, motivating them by being a leader.

I pity the fool who just gives up.

This guy Clubber Lang, I’ve been him all my life. He’s mean and hungry just like me.

I just got an ear for the kind of things I like.

Like people coming up to me like, ‘Nobody ever told you that you look like Lil Baby?’ But I’ll be like, nah. Or like, somebody told me that. I’ll never just say, it’s me.

There’s certain little sounds that I just like to hear.

I just want to be that to my children. The ultimate father.

When was the last time you spent a quiet moment just doing nothing – just sitting and looking at the sea, or watching the wind blowing the tree limbs, or waves rippling on a pond, a flickering candle or children playing in the park?