He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.

I find it very easy playing Bond. I think he's hilarious. He gets himself into some extraordinarily funny situations.

I think finding the right person and being with the right person is probably the answer to most things.

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

I genuinely believe that if you want to get in the film business, get in the film business.

You get used to the rejection and you don't take it personally.

I've never really had a desire to do Shakespeare. For me, it's just too many lines.

I stopped worrying about being desired a long time ago.

I love vodka martinis. I know it's a cliché.

I don't say: 'can't do that', 'won't do that'. I've never thought in that way about work.

You need to impress me, outwit me, compete with me? Go ahead, knock yourself out, I have no problem with that at all.

There is no spoon.

A woman knows by intuition, or instinct, what is best for herself.

A search is a search, even if it happens to disclose nothing but the bottom of a turntable.

Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement. Think on paper and write them down!

I've got a theory: if you love your workspace, you'll love your work a little more.

Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama

Let fools the studious despise, There's nothing lost by being wise.

I urge everyone to be patient and reasonable and I warn against shooting from the hip in the truest sense of the term. Pressure and dialogue are needed.

Point your feet in the direction you want to go and your life will follow.

I married somebody who is very secure. He's been in my corner from the time we met, and we grew in this together.