I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
At times I ask myself if I shouldn't be living a more regular, stable life with a 9-to-5 job. Then I think about it and realise that there is no point in planning everything.
There have been people in my life who have told me I have to put myself out there more. But it's so hard for me to do that.
Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life.
There's the part of my life that the public and I share together. And there's the part that's mine to keep for myself. And that's mine. For me.
I don't ask myself, is the life congenial to me? But, am I fitted for, am I called to, the Ministry?
I'd really like to be in closer contact with life. I'm a little too distant, I guess. I like to place myself outside.
I think my biggest focus for myself is learning how to continue to get through the trauma that my father has caused in my life.
I count myself as one of millions of Americans whose life simply would not be the same without the libraries that supported my learning.
I never thought to myself, I'm going to grow up and fall in love with a man or I'm going to fall in love with a woman because my mother is a lesbian.
I love to see how far you're able to go, both in skills but also emotionally how far I can push myself.
In reality, I don't see myself as a man hunter. In fact, when it comes to love, I am rarely the one to make the first move.
I'm this goofball. I look at myself in the mirror, and the person that I know doesn't match up to what I think people love to perceive me as.
I'm proud of myself, people love me and respect me, and I like me. I like who I am.
I love acting and don't find it to be very hard. I recognize when I've nailed it, and I can be very proud of myself.
The journey from teaching about love to allowing myself to be loved proved much longer than I realised.
Nobody is more worthy of love in the entire universe than you. I wish I had reminded myself of that more.
I love Dickens because it makes me chuckle to myself so. He has taken me to another world and out of so many earthly miseries.
I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.
I will always be an actress. I couldn't see myself without acting. But I'd love to direct and keep writing. I don't think one has to be in place of the other.
You can only dance for so long, but you can act until you're dead, so... I fell in love with it and I want to keep doing it and pushing myself.
