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An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.

I entirely agree with you about the obscurity of Mrs Browning's line about the stars. It is far-fetched. She wanted to express something which she found beyond expression.

As a model, I didn't have an identity; I was a chameleon, a silent actress. I was an amorphous thing. I wasn't full of personality, I was full of solitude and solemnity. I wasn't a cover-girl type.

Sometimes, I think I may be more recognizable because I'm character-looking.

The truth is that the actresses who I look up to are either my age or a few years older or a lot older.

I don't think of myself as a character actress - that's become a phrase which means you've had it.

I've had a couple of people come up to me after screenings and say they kind of sympathized with the character. I always get a kick out of it when people say that. It means I did something maybe a little bit to the credit of the character.

When people find out you're an actress, they Google you.

If I see a now-28-year-old woman coming up to me, she's probably thinking of 'Juno' because she watched it with her parents when she was 18 years old.

For every person that says I'm the new Audrey Hepburn, someone else says that I look like an alien.