If you make your best friend and your significant other the same person, you don't have to disconnect to go tell your girlfriend everything.
My flat in Ladbroke Grove, west London, is in the best building in the world. It's like a commune - everyone gets on - and on Friday evenings I often cook us all dinner.
It's hard to talk about acting because I don't think it's quite as explicit as a lot of people might think. And that's probably the best thing about it.
I should call people back more readily. I'm not the best friend sometimes in terms of that. I do follow that white balloon and get distracted a lot.
It's definitely thrilling to know that you studied for something, and then you went in, and tried to do your best, and then somebody dug what you did.
Some of the best movies made about crime are those where the crime solver can get inside the head of the serial killer, and those are the techniques we use in C.S.I.
My father taught me not to overthink things, that nothing will ever be perfect, so just keep moving and do your best.
My mom worked as a pharmacist, but she is one of the best storytellers I know. My sister is a gospel and opera singer and my brother, who passed away, was a writer.
When I was 5 years old, my best friends were Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen because we lived across the street from each other.
I'm not the type to cut back on hot showers, but there's no harm in hot water when it's warmed by the sun.
Improv kind of goes hand in hand with what I do. I was on 'Reno 911!' for six years, and that was a completely improvised show.
I saw stars like Helen Hayes, Maurice Evans, Tallulah Bankhead and Cornelia Otis Skinner. It was enchanting. I knew that was the world I wanted to be in.
I kind of look at my modeling career and the Hitchcock years as stepping stones to what I'm doing now.
I have done so much for hip-hop and 'til this day, I haven't received any awards or any recognition for it.
I like to think I've done a lot of different kinds of roles, but obviously I have done quite a lot of comedies.
We started training a month before the movie started and then by five months in, we were at our peak shape.
I'm identified as a New York actor, I sound like I'm from New York, and I couldn't be more proud of it.
I want to be the best daughter, sister, friend and wife I can possibly be - because when I die, I am not going to be buried with my Oscar.
The worst beauty advice that I have ever taken has been from people who have told me that sunscreen isn't necessary. Not true!
A lot of people have no access to beauty. When I was growing up, my mother had only a few pretty things to look at.
Music and language are a vital element. We, as actors and directors, offer it to people who want to experience it. Sometimes the actual meaning is less important than the words themselves.
