I don't believe in being typecast. If I believed it, it probably would have happened to me. You attract what you make.

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

After 'The Matrix,' I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me.

Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story.

Are you gonna fuel your faith or fuel your fear? I'm all about fueling my faith, especially when it's hard to do so.

Where it gets clear for me about the privacy issue is with my kids because they didn't choose this kind of life. I'm an incredibly open person, though - I'll tell anyone anything.

I was 30 when I did 'The Matrix.' When you turn 30, your life and your world view change. I remember feeling relieved - it was like I was seeing things in a deeper way.

I'm a very simple person. I don't use computers.

To experience life you have to kind of face a lot of fears.

The writers are so smart, I can only imagine. I would love to be in that room. I love the creative process.

If they say you will fall, rise. If they say you will fail, succeed. If they say you will break, kept it together. If they say you will deteriorate, flourish.

Partial justice may exist with hatred; full justice requires charity.

Our fantastic civilization has fallen out of touch with many aspects of nature, and with none more completely than with night.

In a country lacking leaders, in Africa, for instance, how could a native educated in Europe refuse to become a professor, even at the price of his literary vocation?

I've always been proud of the fact that I can hold it together and I rarely break. It's a point of pride for me.

Although the butterfly and the caterpillar are completely different, they are one and the same.

The Cross will be for us as it was for Christ: proof of the greatest love.

I don't know what kind of egomaniac is sitting at home thinking about the impact they have had on the culture. It's not something I actually think about until it comes up.

Men are more sentimental than women. It blurs their thinking.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.