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" Madonna is completely down-to-earth. She's an absolute professional. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "

" To be joining 'The Hunger Games' family is such a thrill. It deserves the hype because it's well written, handles really big subject matter, but doesn't talk down to its audience. And then there's the romance element. "

" I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality. "

" I meet fascinating people I respect and idolise all the time. "

" Actors have this amazing skill - we bond quite quickly but equally we move on quite quickly. There's nothing particularly cold or capricious about it - we're troubadours and lead a troubadour's lifestyle. "

" Make-up is all about shading; it's about tactical application. "

" The train system in India is chaotic and fun - it's the best way to see the landscape. Being in with all the families and also being the odd animal is a colourful experience you'll never forget. "

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

" My party trick is that I can get ready to go to the party really quickly. I'm actually a woman that can have a shower, dry and style her hair, do her make-up and get dressed in under an hour. "

" I think we all remember Emma Peel from 'The Avengers,' the feminist icon that she was in the late '60s. "

" Fashion, historically, is how people make statements about themselves or communicate. "

" My yoga mat comes everywhere. Keeps me stretched out after sitting still on all those planes, trains and road journeys. "

" What makes me really happy is a walk in the English countryside. A nice sunset, that British countryside - it means I'm home. "

" I've played a lot of elegance and refinement, so to do something really down and dirty is a great attraction. "

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

" Long skirts are annoying; they get in the way. "

" I've been spoiled rotten with the costumes I've worn. "

" 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. "

" Network shows shoot so fast, so you kind of have to just go with your instinct. "

" 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. "

" Famously, Anne Boleyn was not a beauty: she was more about quirkiness and an innate sensuality, and there are a lot of references to her eyes. Which sends out a great message for women, because life is not about the aesthetic all the time. "

" I'm very lucky to be in projects that have such skilled writing in them. "

" More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something! "

" When I turn on the news in Paris, the way Syria is covered is different from the way it is covered in Washington, D.C., or London. Even in Western society, where we hold all the values of democracy and freedom of speech, as soon as you point a camera in a particular direction, there is an angle - literally and figuratively. "

" I love my camera crews on all my jobs. It's the half of the job that the audience never gets to see. They're integral. They're as much a part of making a movie or television show as I am. "

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

" As an actress, I think it's important to look back and realize that we aren't always quite as original as we think we are. There's this grand, textured history for us over the last 100 years of incredible writers, directors, and performers. "

" I love watching the old movies. I love Katharine Hepburn. I just adore her and everything that she stood for. I find it interesting watching the likes of Gene Tierney and those classic movies of the '40s. "