I don't think that theater is the higher medium, that it's better than film.

It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.

There are people all over the world who like to write fan letters in the voice of their pet: 'Hello, my name is Fifi and I'm a labrador and I think you're great. Paw paw!'

Lentil dhal is the only thing I can cook.

As a child I loved ghost stories.

If you act scared, your body produces adrenaline.

A floor length backless black sequined dress would be my dream dress. As for my dream date - that would have to be a young Marlon Brando!

One aspect of my mum's personality that has influenced me is her love of Hollywood and the golden era of black-and-white films.

I always look for contradiction in a character.

A good piece of art raises questions.

Sometimes I can spend months doing things to make sure that my instincts work correctly, but ultimately it's still instinctive.

A beautiful thing happens when we start paying attention to each other. It is by participating more in your relationship that you breathe life into it.

One hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the most skillful, subduing the other's military without battle is the most skillful.

When we step onto the bridge, Nathan turns and spreads his arms out wide. ‘Welcome to Pont des Arts, a.k.a. The Lock Bridge.

I think that in today's world, by nature, we are all self-centered. And that often leads to selfishness.

I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time.

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree.

I saw that with Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin in 2008. I mean, I came away from the 2008 campaign feeling really icky.

There is nothing on earth that I would not give up, excepting of course, two things and two things only, truth and nonviolence.

Don't be the rider who gallops all nightand never sees the horse that is beneath him

I still like me, inside and out. Not in a vain way - I just feel good in my skin.