I generally find an affinity with a lot of the people I play and I suppose if I didn't feel an affinity for them then they wouldn't be particularly good performances.

Film has a tendency to be limiting in some way and it shouldn't be. It's a form that can be explored and changed.

I think I'm a bit of a dreamer. I don't like the reality of life to impinge much on my life.

We're all outsiders in a way. We're all alone and can become very lonely

I was on top of Keanu Reeves, he was on his back and I was on my trunk, and I was breathing down his neck for hours and hours. It was... very erotic.

It's kind of chased away a few demons for me and, um, it's educated me a little bit more.

I used to have two double espressos a day. I gave that up, had headaches for five days but now I'm feeling great.

When you're a kid you have this sense of wonder and wholeness and a strong sense of your own identity.

I think when your image becomes so big that it's hard for a viewer to see a character, then I think you're in danger as an actor of being unable to perform what you should be doing.

It's a real pleasure to go to work when you're in the most extraordinary surroundings, and working with people who are young and interested and creatively keen.

I keep thinking I should get a phone, because everyone's got one and it becomes increasingly difficult to exist in a society where everyone else has moved ahead and you haven't.

In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

Military families so much appreciate the love, support and prayers.

We should be writing more great roles for women, period. Another problem is that movies are generally made for 14-year-old boys, and 14-year-old boys want to watch 25-year-old action heroes.

Means must be subsidiary to ends and to our desire for dignity and value.

British women can't cook.

God, I needed you," he murmured. "I can't even tell you how many times I thought about this. The funny thing is, I don't need you any less now. I think I need you more." ~Shane~

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

I think everybody can agree that you can hear a certain song and it will put you in a certain mood, and that's just the beauty of music and I am so inspired by that.

You have to believe in yourself. And you have to, down deep within the bottom of your soul, feel that you can do the job that you've set out to do.