As a kid, I used to run around our garden waving a stick and pretending to be a million different people. That's why I became an actor, really.

What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds.

The most romantic things are very small, kind gestures from people you love.

As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.

The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones.

When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

I'd imagine a great date would be to go skiing. Imagine going skiing. Go ski with someone, if they can ski.

I never said becoming the slayer would be a field trip to a Justin Bieber concert.

Do not envy the success of any person. But set your goal on a successful guy. Then this will make you succeed.

Every experience is seen through your mind's eye, so when you change your mind you change your entire world.

If you've got a business - you didn't build that.

I knew I wanted to direct since I was a kid. That was something I was always fascinated by and wanted to experience and see if I would be any good at it.

Take care! Kingdoms are destroyed by bandits, houses by rats, and widows by suitors.

House Speaker John Boehner says President Obama should have clearly outlined his exact plans before bombing Libya. Apparently it's only Iraq where you don't have to do that.

I definitely feel, when I'm wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them.

A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.

Power doesn't always roar...The art of exerting power is an art used in doses - the more hidden it is the more effective.