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" Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school. "

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" I tend to not think about the kind of movie things I want to be doing, because I've worked in all sorts of different places, and I've spent all sorts of time in England, and I'd still do things in Australia and in America. "

" There are some great women's roles in television... so much more interesting than what I was reading in film scripts. "

" It is hard sometimes to see how other actors are working when you are working with them. "

" I just feel like TV takes more risks than film. Film has gotten very safe: it's very compartmentalized about what type of things will be successful. And whereas in TV, since all these new platforms opened, they're saying to writers, go out there, write the most different show that you can write. Write something that's really original and different. "

" When I was younger, people would always say, 'Are you a ballet dancer?' I had that look - one of those skinny kids with my hair in a bun. "

" I think that's the kind of women that people are interested in. They're interested in strong women characters who are stronger than the male characters sometimes, in some ways. That's what's interesting and attractive about women. "

" It's good to see a man who isn't afraid to live out his masculinity. "

" If there is a book that the script came from you have to read it, you have to see what you can get out of it: mood, back story and things that may not even be in the film. They kick off your imagination and broaden the character, I think. "

" I have been really lucky to play roles younger than myself for most of my career. "

" Generally, with films, what tends to happen is that a few people get a lot of momentum out of it, and a lot of people don't. "

" I've been on shows where they're just setting it up, and they're trying to find the tone of the writing and performance. That's always a really chaotic period on shows. "

" It's so great to come in and do something where you know how strong the format of the show is and you're working with writers and directors who worked on the original show. It feels like you're going into a well-run ship already. Then it's just a matter of creating these new characters. "

" Around the time of 'The Lord of the Rings,' it was a shock to me just how big it is to be on that kind of media juggernaut. It was a big thing and the scrutiny was shocking. "

" The guys on the stunt team are really fantastic. It's really funny, because for all the aggression they have to display on screen, they're actually really happy, good- natured people. "

" I ask myself, 'What is the value of acting and the attention that actors get? And yet there are so many people in the world doing incredible things for mankind, and they don't get much attention.' I do question about that, but I don't think I would've been a great doctor. I think I would've been a good surgeon. That fascinated me. "

" I enjoyed playing someone who is a professional, intelligent, defined by her work and not her role as a wife or mother. "

" I worry about my sides. I worry where everything goes. I worry that I'm going to be the leak. I give all my scripts back! "

" The whole theatre world deeply attracts me. I love rehearsing and having time to make mistakes and laugh and discover things about yourself and other people - and the energy level is great. "

" I find, in film, we're always making things and having these intense friendships and then losing track of people. When I first start a job, I'm quite nervous, and it takes me a while to find my place, and then it feels like I'm just really loving it and feeling great, and it's all over. "

" It's a career that's enticing because you go on stage, for example, and people clap. You get that affirmation, but you can't go into acting for that because it's really your own self-belief that's going to get you through. "

" I like working intensely, then going away and thinking about it, working out why it didn't work and then coming back to it. It makes the work richer, I think. "

" People often say, 'I thought you were much taller.' So, I don't know. Maybe it's the way I stand or something. "

" The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected. "

" Sitting down for the actor read when you first get together, it's like the Last Supper because you don't know who will be there for the next read. "

" I was cast in a film toward the end of high school. Even then, I wasn't sure. "

" That fascinated me. I used to watch all these operations on TV and thought it would be really cool to do that. "

" You are being hit with tabloid-journalism bi-lines of what you are doing because you have suddenly become a star. "

" I think, with TV, you create kind of a family to work with. "

" I guess I find it easy to play uptight characters. "