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" As a child, I was prancing around in my mother's high heels and a ra-ra skirt, singing 'Material Girl' into my hairbrush. "

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" A lot of boys in my poker circle are mathematicians who play on probability. I don't have that kind of brain, so I rely on instinct. But I recently found out that poker and cards in general go way back in my family gene pool. "

" The hair department on 'Game of Thrones' is incredible. "

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" Obviously, you have quieter years than others - you don't go jumping out of a plane every day. "

" Sometimes a woman's looks or sensuality are too readily wrapped up in their power. "

" Sci-fi always runs out a little bit ahead of reality, right? Automatic doors in 'Star Trek,' stuff like that. It all happened, didn't it, finally? "

" Anne Boleyn is an intriguing character. She seems to appeal to modern-day women in a very potent way. Because she was such an independently opinionated and spirited young woman, which at the time was unheard of. "

" When girls bully, it's very subtle, and you can't define it. At least with boys, the bullying is usually explicit, and you can deal with it. It's psychological with girls. "

" I love cycling. "

" Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull. "

" I know I'm not a conventional beauty. You can read a lot of painful things on the Internet, which criticise you aesthetically - but as far as I'm concerned, that's not what an actress is. "

" My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time. "

" As an actor, you spend a lot of your life in hotel rooms. "

" It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing. "

" I was frequently told at drama school that I was thinking too much. And I still have to suppress that part of me because it can sometimes be a hindrance. "

" I think women have always been trying to look healthy. The makeup artists just teach you the quick cheats. "

" I've been told that N.Y. in the spring is pretty special. "

" Everything that I do to my own hair and makeup I learned from professionals. "

" I'm a serial monogamist and would never dream of being as predatory as some of the women I've played. I can actually be a bit shy. "

" It's fascinating how much of our sense of attractiveness and feminine identity is bound up in our hair. "

" I'm glad that cinema is catching up to what television has known for a while: That three-dimensional, complex women get an audience engaged as much as the men. "

" I love poker! "

" I want to keep people guessing. "

" I'm not going to comment about potential jobs in the future because that's a rabbit hole to go down and get caught up in, but all I'll say is I'll go where the good scripts are. "

" I would love to go to the Himalayas and cross over into Nepal to do the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. "

" I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me. "

" It's funny how being an actor forces you to do things or go places that you wouldn't ordinarily. "

" I feel like I've really earnt my stripes - I feel ready to play a lead. I would just love to prove I'm good enough to carry a project. "

" I love to drive. My present to myself from 'The Tudors' was a red Mazda MX5 hard-top convertible. I loved that car, and also what she represented - my first success. "

" There's a part of my heart that forever has Anne Boleyn written on it, who I played in 'The Tudors.' "

" I was a very physical child... I was a tree-climber; I was a tomboy. "