“I always hate it when I see the wrong person in massive roles, so for me, my biggest fear would be accepting a role I thought I wouldn’t find the rhythm of.”

Girls have that wonderful thing where they try to throw each other off, not wanting to appear too eager.

I think everyone’s always interested in playing a spy, right? That’s something we grow up admiring, which is so strange, but it’s just a very clever and quick world that we all want to be a part of.

You never see a normal spot, a bag under the eye or an unplucked eyebrow, because that’s not how Hollywood works.

I grew up in a very loud and dramatic household, and we loved being in the spotlight.

I was acting with all my childhood heroes: Meryl Streep, Saoirse Ronan, all of those amazing women.

I got a really good insight into the world of wrestling.

There’s always going to be pressure, and there’s always going to be an area where you disappoint. As a storyteller, you have to understand that.

I can’t remember a Friday when I was younger when I wasn’t eating a pizza, flirting with the barman.

Why shouldn’t there be more epic, brilliant female characters onscreen?

The biggest thing about ‘Lady Macbeth’ is the fact that people are so surprised that this woman is so amazing, and really, it shouldn’t be so amazing that this incredible character is on our screens.

I hope to create characters that people want to watch – and they either want to be or are, or it’s something that they recognize.

If I can make my mark just a little bit, then great.

Something that I’ve always been really keen on representing is some honesty with the way that we view ourselves.

I know that my way of tackling a character is very different.

I don’t think I’m going to be an international sex symbol. I mean, I know I’m not going to be an international sex symbol.

I am learning on every job I do. There is something new every time.

Concern yourself more with accepting responsibility than with assigning blame.

Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue.

They come from acceptance of American values, not a rejection of them, and recognition that they’re rejected by the U.S. government and by U.S. elites, which does lead to hatred and anger.

The keys to patience are acceptance and faith. Accept things as they are, and look realistically at the world around you.

The godfather does not accept disobedience, even from a small storekeeper who doesn’t pay his protection money.

We must accept life for what it actually is – a challenge to our quality without which we should never know of what stuff we are made, or grow to our full stature.

The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech.

Gay marriage acceptance is happening in the blink of an eye.