Quotes from Minnie Driver

People seem to like this image of me being all boho and hippy. It's either that or I'm down on my luck, I've got no money, the work's dried up.

I was equally in love with singing and acting from an early age.

You do a James Bond film, you're being part of an anachronism, a tradition.

I don't really put my name to anything that I don't love and believe in, because there's no point.

I don't know how you would live in the world of Angelina Jolie or Jennifer Aniston and being stalked. It's just brutal.

I can set up shop anywhere. I've got my oils, I've got my yoga mat and I'm good to go. I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet.

I must know good yoga classes in about 25 cities on this planet.

I would never judge anyone for going anywhere for money.

Celebrity is a very tricky area to navigate.

I really fancy Harrison Ford. I've got to say I think he's really divine. He's, like, an older man, I guess, although he's not really that old, obviously. I don't want to offend him

I've been a musician longer than I've been an actor.

I'd really like to do a biopic of a musician.

I'm a huge Springsteen fan.

You can never be guaranteed good roles because of an award, but I think your profile and net worth as a performer has to do with awards, unfortunately.

As an English actress constantly playing Americans, you already had to step way out of your box in that way.

As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.

Babies are endlessly fascinating to look at and I'm obsessed about their complete and utter lack of guile.

My 20s were a completely and utterly different time in my life.

In England, with all due respect, we have some of the plainest actresses in the entire world as our greatest.

In England, with all due respect, we have some of the plainest actresses in the entire world as our greatest.

I was equally in love with singing and acting from an early age.

I've never felt that I had to take a role in one of those mediocre but hugely budgeted romantic comedies because I want to wear beautiful dresses and have people think I'm pretty and that I get the guy.

Last year my boyfriend gave me a painting - a very personal one. I really prefer personal gifts or ones made by someone for me. Except diamonds. That's the exception to the rule.

In some movies you feel like you're a very small part of a huge machine. Whereas in the theater you can have a very small part, but you can still feel the weight and the gravity of it. Given the nature of theater, it's a more concentrated and quiet experience.