Kate Beckinsale

“I'm a big fan of theComma, as a concept.”

“Everybody loves an accent. It you've been unlucky in love, you'll know that.”

“I've always had a problem with authority.”

“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”

“I'm the kind of person who, if I see a shooting star, I wouldn't stay there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I'd want them to see it too.”

“I think it's important to be in touch with your dark side. With your shadow.”

“I'm not a particularly heroic person, but I have a lot of heroic notions.”

“I've never been a fluffy sort of person.”

“It's a very strange thing for a girl to be in a place where she is surrounded by things that are for men.”

“No one is more enslaved than a slave who doesn't think they're enslaved.”

“What I love about the theater is that you know you'll get a real feeling from the audience.”

“I find it very easy to be alone. I'm a writer, so it's not a problem.”

“I've always been a bit of a nerd.”

“My mother is a special education teacher but also an actress.”

“I feel like I'm a very good girlfriend. I'm very loyal and I'm a very good friend.”

“Life is too short to be little. You have to be a little bit larger than life.”

“I have an IQ of 152. It's a bit of a handicap, to be honest.”

“I do think it's important to be honest, and I do think it's important to be direct.”

“I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in happy journeys.”

“The thing I'm scared of most is not fulfilling my potential.”