As for doing more dramatic work over comedy, I do whatever turns me on at the moment.

The rule is you have to dance a little bit in the morning before you leave the house because it changes the way you walk out in the world.

There's no race, no religion, no class system, no color - nothing - no sexual orientation, that makes us better than anyone else. We're all deserving of love.

We all grow into the beautiful person that we’re supposed to be, some earlier, some later.

I love raw cookie dough, right out of the tube. The other thing I eat is marshmallow fluff.

Chocolate is the greatest gift to women ever created, next to the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Kelly. It's something that should be had on a daily basis.

Your imperfections are what make you beautiful.

Stop being scared of the unknown, because anything I worried about didn't happen. Other stuff happened. The unknown, we can't do anything about.

I'm a true believer in karma. You get what you give, whether it's bad or good.

I've been trying to find the word that says what I need to be in life. 'Brave' is the only word. It's the only thing that I ask myself to be.

The most beautiful woman in the world is the one who protects and supports other women

Umpiring, the only job in the world where you can screw up on a daily basis and still have one!

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous.

Teach your children to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians.

Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.

a sick society, unlike a sick individual, fares best under the ministration of many doctors.

There is no such thing as a good nuclear weapons system. There is no way to achieve, in the sound sense, national security through nuclear weapons.

Most harm is done by people who are awake.

Every time I think I've touched bottom as far as boredom is concerned, new vistas of ennui open up.

The way you treat others determines the way others treat you; the way others treat you determines the way you see yourself; the way you see yourself determines who you are.

If I could do just one thing to change the world, I'd make everyone Thom Yorke, and this would be paradise.