Amber Heard

I've always been a private person, and I've always valued my private life.

Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

It is really hard when you spend your life living out of a suitcase. But it really does weed out superficial people - if someone is still with you after the second movie, then they're probably a good one! I like to trust people in general - it's the southern girl in me.

I went to a Catholic school but did not really fit in.

You feel better when you're eating food that retains nutritional value.

I don't imagine myself, my work, or my life, fitting into any kind of standardized path. In fact, the idea of there even being a standard freaks me out a lot.

I have a fiercely independent spirit.

I am a proud member of the LGBT community and could never bear the idea that someone could say I was closeted.

I think the main struggle for women in Hollywood and women in my position is to fight for true representation in the media and accurate representation of our many diverse qualities in stories.

I've got a soft spot for true individuals.

If I were a man, I'd be allowed to play roles that were compelling and drove an audience to an emotional response.

I get a stack of scripts, like, once a month, and most of the time, you find these placeholder girls that are there to provide a bounce for the male character. So we know he's funny because she's serious and she's mad at him. We know he's strong because she needs saving. So really, her job is to validate this personality trait of our hero or male.