I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.

Life is the subtotal of time

I want to live. Doesn't everyone feel the same way?

I do get massively distracted when I've got someone in my life, which I can't afford to do right now...besides, no one treats me as well as I do.

If you're going to do something, make it right and make it as good as you can. Don't waste anybody's time, especially your own.

One of the marks of a great poet is that he creates his own family of words and teaches them to live together in harmony and to help one another.

Whatever bliss we think we're going to find, we may find it in brief flashes, fleeting moments that come and go. There's an impossibility to nailing down any good feeling.

It's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league.

The best way to stop girls achieving anything is to force them to achieve everything.

I'm sure I've said some pretty bad pick-up lines.

In training, there is no winning or losing. There is only learning.