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

Friends capture you best.

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

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.

I didn’t ask because I was afraid of the answer.

You’re not asking for too much you’re asking the wrong person.

Great people grab everything they deserve by the balls. No need to ask for permission when you know you deserve it.

A little bit of love is all that the world is asking from you.

All giving is asking, and all asking is an asking for love.

You can’t keep asking for a particular relationship and hold a negative view of love.  

Whisper your dream to a cloud. Ask the cloud to remember it.

Asking for help is a weakness but accepting the weakness and overcoming the problem is a strength.