Actress Quotes

I've been acting since I was six years old, but not professionally.

I'm a pescatarian - I don't even eat meat!

I wanted to be a professional singer/actress, though I knew it would be hard.

I think family is so important.

I started piano lessons when I was four; I was being classically trained at the Colburn School.

I never dreamed that I would hear 10,000 people screaming when I stepped out onto a stage. Well, that's not entirely true. I dreamed about it but in a performing-on-the-stage-at-Staples-Center-or-Madison-Square-Garden context. But never in a I'm-in-a-movie-that-hasn't-even-come-out-yet one.

I couldn't believe it! I mean, I'd always dreamed of acting on the screen - my previous background was all theater - but I wasn't sure if the opportunity would ever present itself. Not only was this acting for the screen, this was acting in 'The Hunger Games!' I knew that I had to give this audition

For the longest time I was brought up listening to only two genres of music, pop and rock. So in the past few years I've been trying to expand my interests because I think that you can only write to the extent of your knowledge, and if your knowledge is limited you can't write past that.

Anyways, I am a nerd, bookworm, geek... whatever you want to call me. I'm the type of person that would rather sit down and read a good book than go out and party.

I not only played and sang blues, but I also had to toss the piano around a bit to amuse the patrons.

I'd already put on a bit of weight before I got pregnant.

I would snack on crisps and chocolate and my meals weren't the best. I ate lots of steak with creamy sauces, chips and peas, washed down with wine and a pudding.

I was performing from the age of three.

I was born and brought up in Liverpool with my clever little sister Jemma, who is 14 and wants to be a vet. My mum Jane is an administrator and my dad Peter is a taxi driver.

I wanted to have a go at a pop career. My first single, 'Baby I Don't Care', was a hit, and the second, 'Bye Bye Boy', reached the Top 20.

I want to tell people that I had post-natal depression because there is so much stigma around the subject and there shouldn't be.

I want to have a family and I'd like to live in a lovely big house, with a massive driveway and gates and loads of kids.

I want to be the best mum and I want everything to be perfect - I want a fairy tale really.

I want to be a young mum and if I didn't have to work I'd have them tomorrow. I'd like three!

I used to be such a daredevil but now I'm much more cautious.

I think because I did a lot of modelling and appeared in lads mags a lot of women didn't necessarily warm to me. But now I have been through childbirth, post-natal depression and struggled with my weight, women seem to relate to me a lot more.

I love performing on stage the most. It's getting that instant reaction from a live audience. There are no boundaries, you can take your character as far as you want to, you can be the craziest person ever.

I know people will think it's funny because I've done glamour modelling in the past, but I felt embarrassed about my body and just wanted to cover it up.

I just wanted to perform, to sing, dance and act.

I had absolutely no idea how I had ballooned during my pregnancy. All I thought about was eating plenty of food to keep my baby healthy.

I eat a lot of chicken with salad or salmon with salad.

I don't find it a struggle to maintain a healthy diet now as my palate has changed. I don't crave rich food.

I don't do faddy diets any more. I once did a no-carbs diet a few years ago but it made me depressed. I couldn't be doing with that!

I came out of the womb born to sing and dance. I have to follow my heart.

I always wanted to act and sing, but my first love was ballet.