Audiences can be very judgmental.

You go back to those films of the '40s and '50s and hear the dialogue, the way the people played off each other, the wordplay. I think we've really lost that in movies.

I just like to keep challenging myself, keep it varied. It's a craft, and I'm constantly trying to learn and get better at it.

Parenthood and family come first for me, and when I'm not working I'm cool with the Teletubbies.

I feel for those 19-year-olds who get thrust into the limelight that young.

It's important to me that everyone is treated with respect.

I always want my options to be open.

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

You won't find a better young actor than Jaeden Lieberher. I ended up having one of the best times with him, really. Going to work with him every day was a treat.

The sexiest part of the body is the eyes. That's what I believe.

I don't think you necessarily identify and believe in the motifs of the character, but you have to want to play it and want to commit to the lines.

She re-read his email four times, feeling offended and breathless, like he had casually grabbed her head and stuffed it into a pile of wet leaves.

Ethics is the triumph of freedom over facticity.

No king establishes a kingdom without pouring blood of a nation.

Best not to ask "What is it?" until you finish rolling in it.

That there's no more important decision in life than who you marry.

I adore dark chocolate.

I love doing voice-over. It's so fun.

When I retire, the only thing that concerns me is that no one can say that I was a bad team-mate or disrespectful or self-important.

Then I was playing the piano at eight, and that helps you learn about women because most of the people I was playing for were women.

When a man refuses to take money from those who give money to politicians, you don't pay the piper and sit back and let somebody else call the tune.