Kate Beckinsale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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 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.”

“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.”

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