“Becoming yourself is really hard and confusing, and it’s a process. It’s often not cool to be the person who puts themselves out there.”

Women have a natural tendency to want to nurture and take care of men.

I hope another generation of children don’t have to grow up without understanding the historical context for contemporary racism.⁣

Acting is telling the truth under imaginary circumstances.

We are tapping into what the world wants: to be a part of change.

I really believe that you have to earn things. I don’t feel comfortable unless I have worked really hard.

My friends are all really nice about my fame, they’re just curious really, they ask lots of questions.

We want to empower people to take action and make change and translate their passion into really doing something

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.

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 is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need you need food. You want a chocolate sundae.

As a viewer, the minute I start getting confused, I check out of the movie. Emotionally, I’m severed.

Do not confuse the command to love with the disease to please.

What I’m not confused about is the world needing much more love, no hate, no prejudice, no bigotry and more unity, peace and understanding. Period.

Courage is confused with picking up arms and cowardness is confused with laying them down.

Before I came here I was confused about this subject. Having listened to your lecture I am still confused. But on a higher level.

When you finally accept that it’s OK not to have answers and it’s OK not to be perfect, you realize that feeling confused is a normal part of what it is to be a human being.

You can’t expect insights, even the big ones, to make you suddenly understand everything. But I figure: Hey it’s a step in the right direction if they leave you confused in a deeper way.