I enjoy what I do and it's a great way to live your life.

There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

I am very much a seat-of-the-pants actor. I will prepare when I have to. But I like being unprepared.

There's a perceived inverse relation between looks and talent. Look at Charlize Theron - she made herself ugly for 'Monster' and suddenly everyone said 'she's a genius.' It shouldn't be like that.

People do seem to think that I'm going to be some wicked witch, and then they're always surprised to find out I'm just a little clumsy nerd.

I don't think you should feel guilty about pleasure. Defeats the purpose.

I worked in Tesco's staff canteen because I fancied a boy on the tills. I served him his lunch in a hairnet and tan tights. Not just that, of course - I had a lovely white onesie.

I love being physical, but I am extreme either way. I can be superfit. And then I can be really lazy and ignore everything.

I do what I do; I cant control who thinks what.

I hate being looked at. Can't stand it. I know, I know - I picked the wrong career.

I'm sort of like a T. rex in the world of female actresses. Every time a job is finished, I look at my car and think, 'Could I live in it?

Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.

Sometimes, I love to fight with you…Because, we end up loving each other more.

Each day has a color, a smell.

4 levels of Education

I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own.

My education was the liberty I had to read indiscriminately and all the time with my eyes hanging out.

Being a father to my family and a husband is to me much more important than what I did in the business.

I think of myself as a plain human being who happens to be an American.

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

I would never want any prayer that would not make the virtues grow within me.