All the legal action I've taken against newspapers has had a massively positive effect on my life and achieved exactly what I wanted, which is privacy and non-harassment.Collection: Legal
I want a big church wedding.Collection: Wedding
I was blinded by being a romantic person.Collection: Romantic
The amount of speculation surrounding my romantic life is astounding. It's strange how involved people get: invested and angry, really disappointed.Collection: Romantic
I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.Collection: Romantic
I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.Collection: Legal
I need my food to keep my energy up, so I can't really diet.Collection: Diet
I once made the mistake of going for a whole row of false eyelashes, which was just wrong as it gave me a sad, puppy-eyed look.Collection: Sad
As I get older I'm more and more comfortable being alone.Collection: Alone
I get kind of emotionally involved very quickly, and I'm not going to spend time with someone unless I love them. But it's not hard for me to fall in love.
I've said things and meant them, but I'm obviously a very confused person who has no idea how they feel about things.
The big thing I've discovered, the big secret, is that it's all about how happy you are. It's the ultimate thing. People forget your flaws and imperfections if they see you're happy.
You want to feel that you can do something creative that you love without being picked apart and mutilated for other people's pleasure.
I lived my twenties in a very public manner and if anyone's twenties are documented it's not always going to be pretty.
With acting, there is a level of anonymity which is conducive to your profession. There are examples of very public people who are on the cover of every celebrity magazine but can't open a film.
For a number of years I was relentlessly pursued by 10 to 15 men, almost daily. Spat at, verbally abused.
I was very nervous about taking on an empire that was richer and far more powerful than I will ever be. It was very daunting.
I am very lucky, I have a very tight group of friends and a very supportive family, and to this date no-one has ever sold a story on me.
I felt like I was living in some sort of video game and people pre-empting every move I made, obviously as a result of accessing my private information.
The newspapers turn a blind eye to how they get their material as long as they have great photographs.
It's wonderful to feel supported, but there's a lot of negative energy towards me as well. So I ignore it, to be honest. If I started to read it all it would completely mess up my head.
It's reached this point where people are fascinated by every intricate detail of other people's lives. And some people are willing to give up their lives like that.
I'm very lucky that I get to make a living out of acting, which is what I love, and the level of attention I receive has sometimes been my own fault and sometimes not been.
It was a really fun idea to have a fashion label with my sister but I don't have an awful lot of time for it because my first love and job is to be an actress.