HEATHER GRAHAM

I work out a lot and I do yoga and I do Pilates and I'm kind of athletic. I've taken dance classes, but at the same point I'm just a total klutz.

I guess you just feel like there's a whole story that's not being told in movies. You're only seeing the macho guy version of a story that from the woman's side, may be completely different.

I wish that there were more female driven films, female-centric films being made.

I try to get 11 or 12 hours of sleep a night. It sounds excessive but that's really what I need.

There's not a lot of stories for women told by women in a very real, true voice.

Gosh, it's so fun to do a movie where there's nothing dark happening in it.

There are less opportunities for women.

I want to be able to fly like a superhero. I won't be happy until I can fly across oceans and cities, saving people from being murdered.

Whenever I meet people who seem really sweet and unassuming, I kind of wonder about them.

I just try to take the best opportunities that I can get.

It would be nice if I did have a good relationship with my family, and yes, part of me longs to have a mum and dad who love and accept me for who I am. But if they never do, it's OK.

I admire those people who hold on to their elegance in old age but I'd rather have fun.

I like doing yoga. I do yoga three times a week and I do Pilates twice.

I think if you're an actor you kind of have to be willing to look stupid.

I think it might be nice to date someone not in the business.

I basically think that I'm a fairly nice, normal person with just a few eccentricities.

I practice transcendental meditation and there is a phase where you're meant to lift off the ground.

I'd have made a terrible nun.

It's good to be able to be a leading lady, to be a romantic lead, to play opposite people who are talented, and charismatic and stuff.

To be honest, I feel like I think too much. So I like working out because it makes me kind of relax.

I think you have to be honest and not try to be somebody that you really aren't.

The funny thing is, I look at these magazines that make me so insecure and neurotic, but I'm in them!

I'd like to think I could do something great - a performance like Meryl Streep's in 'Sophie's Choice' - at some point in my life. At the same time, though, I don't want to put too much pressure on myself to be great.

I'm a good Catholic girl in the way that Madonna is. In the sense that I'm not that good at all.

I've learnt to take care of myself.