Only when I came to America did I think of myself as British.
I spent a huge amount of time by myself. I daydreamed and learned how to be alone and not be lonely.
In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion.
I have never ever Googled myself; in fact I think the Christian right prohibits such things.
There's a very specific thing you can do to get in magazines. I'm much happier to just show up and do the job. I haven't taken the active approach to making myself a star. I haven't been in a blockbuster.
It's always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work.
I've never seen myself as a fantasy writer - ever.
Running is my time for myself. I'm like, 'I'm going for a run!' and my husband knows I'm out of there.
I have always preferred to keep things to myself rather than sharing them with anyone, but I am learning that if you let it go, you feel better for it. Don't keep it all bottled up inside; don't take it all on alone.
I know the movies that I've liked, and I know the experience that they've given me, so the goal is always to try to create a movie that I would like myself and that would knock me out, challenge me or intrigue me in some way. That's been my criteria for figuring out what I want to do, or also when I'm writing something or creating a scene.
I never care about myself out in public when I get the paparazzi swarming me.
I think I've still got a bit of a sado-masochistic streak in me, because if I'm not going to be restricted by corsets and covered in lace, then I still wind up wearing an ape-mask over my face. I do wonder how I get myself in these situations!
Well, I started conducting kind of by accident. I wanted to give myself a special birthday present for my fortieth birthday, and I was living in San Francisco at the time and I started attending some of the concerts and then simply dropping hints.
Scorsese and De Niro taught me to bring out the natural side of myself. And they taught me to think of myself as the average guy. Sometimes the average guy belongs in a role more than your matinee idol-type of person. We have to have people we can relate to.
I sometimes suffer from insomnia, and one of the first times it ever happened, I was like, 'I don't know what to do with myself,' so I started writing a song, and by morning, it was finished. It was about how I couldn't sleep... I was 14.
I've always had to prove myself to people growing up. I had to show them that I could do this and I could do that and paying no mind to what the critics said.
It's a fairly recent thing but I've become very fond of making drinks myself.
Of course, I consider myself a feminist, but I wouldn't say I'm a feminist genius or anything.
Whenever I run into prejudice. I smile and feel sorry for them, and I say to myself, There's one more argument for birth control.
Failure is fantastic, because you meet yourself and get to know your limitations. This is how I express myself, and I can't do it any other way.
I've always been a person who's been true to myself and true to others, and I'm not afraid to be honest.
When I'm living in the world of luxury and celebrity, which is where I found myself for a large part of my life, it's a walk-on part. Not a vital necessity, like it is for so many people. I enjoy it but I can see right through it!
I'm competitive with myself, and that goes hand in hand with how I present myself. I'm not only trying to put one foot in front of the other, I'm trying to put my best foot forward.
Some people train for certain sports and I want to train to be able to hold a super heavy electric guitar and carry luggage around myself because I always have to have 7,000 pairs of shoes. Who cares about sports?
I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.
I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests - let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means.
Good-looking people turn me off. Myself included.
I learn every day what it means to love myself, and I'm constantly figuring out what makes me feel empowered.
One funny thing is, though, I wear my watch on my right hand and I'm actually right-handed. People always wonder why - I don't know myself, I've just always done it that way and I like it the way a good watch fits on my right wrist.
I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.
With solos, I don't like to be too prepared going in - I like to surprise myself.
I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows.
I find male singers and what they sing about fascinating. It makes me realize how little we know about ourselves and how little I know about myself. It's interesting to see the male perspective.
I'm trying to make myself better. But I don't regret anything that I've gone through, because it makes me who I am.
I think teaching keeps me honest because if I'm up in front of a class talking about what I think is important about fiction while knowing I myself have just failed to do that hours earlier at my computer - it's a good and humbling reminder.
