I am a hopeless romantic.

I have endless playlists on my iPod so will throw on, say, Bruce Springsteen or The Smiths, depending on what kind of day I'm going to have.

I just really think every job I do, I get this gypsy attitude to money.

You never think you're as old as you're ever going to get.

And it's as you get older that you realize that the things that make you strange are the things that make you who you are. And that's a lovely place to get to.

I've been told I make a very good brew.

Girls in scripts are often pretty but brainless, or geeky and no one likes them, so it's great to find richer roles. Chalk and cheese aspects of people are very interesting to play.

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

The thing I adore about acting is that it's not me: you get to experience all these emotions, but essentially it's not you.

There's a reason hobble skirts are called hobble skirts. You literally can't move very far in them.

My style icons would be people like Brigitte Bardot and old Hollywood actresses who always look so stunning, cool and chic. I like classic and timeless looks.

I am by nature an optimist and by intellectual conviction a pessimist.

...having a lot of money does not immunize people from suffering or fear.

Sometimes When You Are Serious, People Thought You Were Joking, But Sometimes When You Are Joking, People Thought You Were Serious

The happy life is thought to be one of excellence; now an excellent life requires exertion, and does not consist in amusement.

The devil says I'm out, but the Lord says I'm safe.

I never lost the taste and craft of the Renaissance.

Ultimately a life message shouts more clearly and loudly than a brand message. Your image may communicate an outward brand, but your life shouts the real inner message.

Technology is a resource-liberating force!

If I gave you any thought I probably would.

To live a disciplined life, and to accept the result of that discipline as the will of God - that is the mark of a man.