Every time, at any point of my life, I think now is always the best age to be.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

I feel as though my life is bathed in golden sunlight. And the really wonderful thing is that I know it.

Actually, I'm looking forward to being 50. Because to me, that's when a woman is at the pinnacle of her femininity and her womanhood.

I think change is good because it teaches you that it's nothing to be frightened of.

It's what people create that makes my heart stop.

A script is only as good as the director who's making it.

I think it's very important not to grow up with the unhealthy amount of attention that is sometimes put on people because they are 'actors'.

Theatre is liberating because it only works if it's truthful, That's what it requires. That's not true of film: the camera does lie.

I'm a very positive person. My grandmother taught me that happiness is both a skill and a decision, and you are responsible for the outcome.

I'm half Scottish, half Welsh and I regard red hair as perfectly ordinary. And to set the record straight, contrary to reports, he has never referred to himself as the 'Ginger Ninja'.

A friend is someone who walks into a room when everyone else is walking out.

I can still count on one hand the number of men I've slept with.

How many companies can say that the amount of customers who use their services second most often, and spend the second most amount of money with them, are “very negative”?

To find a friend one must close one eye. To keep him ... two.

I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum

I think since I did Monster I really started understanding how hard it is for first time directors. I think there's a lot of great stories out there, but it's high risk.

Living from the Creator Orientation is actually more challenging. In the Victim Orientation, I didn't have to exercise conscious choice; I just reacted to my circumstances.

My mother found a letter, though, that I wrote her when I was 8 years old and it was a letter where I asked if she could take me to the orphanage because I would like to adopt a little baby.

Satyagraha is a process of educating public opinion, such that it covers all the elements of the society and in the end makes itself irresistible.

I intend to launch a massive National Program for PDS Computerisation.