I always wanted to go to Sundance.

I get called 'Memphis Eve,' but my first name is Eve. I know Memphis is in there somewhere, but on my passport I'm 'Eve Sunny Day Hewson.

In my family, I would never dare to think of being Paris Hilton! And to me, that doesn't look like a happy existence - it's just not who I am.

Back then though, you had a few months of training, and then you were just thrown into it.

I couldn't imagine working in a hospital where there's just death, everywhere. But for a lot of women, it was their only option. They couldn't get other jobs.

For most of the movies that I've done, we've shot in a contemporary house, in contemporary clothes, speaking in a contemporary way. So, I really enjoy that. It really helps.

There were times when I wondered if I was doing the right thing, studying when I could have been going to auditions.

Oh, it's the first big thing I've really done. My first job out of college was working with Steven Soderbergh. I was telling my acting teachers, "I did it, you guys!"

That's the thing about acting - you can't fake it.

I don't get handed money - and I never will. I have to work!

No one knows who I am and no-one cares. I could jump in front of a camera man and he'd just tell me to get out of the way.

If your passion does not keep you sleepless, you can't be a good beginner. When passion itches, a great hand scratches... Wake up, it's your time to rise above idleness!

Miracles are instant gratification without a guarantee of any long term result.

Curiosity is the wick in the candle of learning.

It is frustrating, because who wants to grow up and follow their parents?

We're enjoying sluggish times, and not enjoying them very much.

The stark reality facing us today is that without the labour reforms, workers will get neither the income nor jobs in the face of cut-throat global economic competition.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

We are very good judges for the mistakes of others, but very good defence lawyers for our own mistakes.

I tried my best [on audition for X-Files], and it worked out. I got the part. So I was flabbergasted.

I've discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, 'To hell with you.'