As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.

I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything.

Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didnt: It was basically a semantics game.

I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.

Theres a real power in heels and a good dress.

I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.

Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. Theres whole swathes of stuff we cant account for.

Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.

Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.

Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.

I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.

Superior experience and knowledge will be made available to a man or woman in exact accordance with his worth, capacity and earning of it

Life is a race against disappearing time

Success is not defined by status, money, education, career or another person but rather by the level of peace that I have within myself.

Our blight is ide­olo­gies — they are the long-expected Antichrist!

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

Christians are not so much in danger when they are persecuted as when they are admired.

Whenever we condemn, we cloak the world in pain.

People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction.

Inside any deep asking is the answering.

Ketchup left overnight on dinner plates has a longer half-life than radioactive waste.