I can't just sit around thinking how lucky I am.

Well, I have a band, Sadie and the Hotheads, and we have an album that is already out that is available on our website.

England as a culture has endured so much more than America has as a culture, so it's given them a different perspective.

I like writing letters and receiving letters. It's a shame that we've lost the art of letter-writing and saving correspondence. I mourn that.

By definition, an actor's life is a recipe for regret. There are always roads you could have taken. But I've lived long enough to realise that each road has its own rewards.

Most people grow up dreaming of going to Hollywood and some of them work and work and work and finally end up in Hollywood.

I don't believe in villains - just people who channel their energy in the wrong way.

My father was an academic, an eccentric. He was a lecturer.

We lack rituals in this modern world.

That feeling of being 19 or 20 and 'hot' in Hollywood was so intense.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

There are always two deaths, the real one and the one people know about.

God never gave up on us.We did!

Birds are the eyes of Heaven.

Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.

All round the room my silent servants wait, My friends in every season, bright and dim.

I grew up in a Navy family.

I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.

Meow is like aloha - it can mean anything.

I like doing a challenging class because it makes me more brave in life. My perception of hardships is now completely different. I'm not whining and moaning inside as much.

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Is Not An Economist, She Is A Demographer