I have a checklist of things I'd like to do in movies. One of them is get possessed. Die on a deathbed with a ghostly pallor - that's on my list.

I would literally do anything for Richard Curtis. Anything.

Initially, I studied philosophy, because it claimed to give you answers to the meaning of existence, but it didnt: It was basically a semantics game.

I got into physics through pop science and quantum science and ended up being such a quantum groupie.

Theres a real power in heels and a good dress.

I was a real daydreamer at school, gazing out of the window and losing myself in imaginary worlds.

Dark matter is interesting. Basically, the universe is heavier than it should be. Theres whole swathes of stuff we cant account for.

As a child, I loved story books and wanted to be in them so desperately and live the stories.

Yoga is the one L.A. thing I actually like.

Acting is an odd lifestyle. You make deep bonds quickly and, though you move on, you go around on a loop and see people again.

Along with issues like global warming, I think a problem with the world today is population decline.

If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration, but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

I didn't know anything about fashion. I couldn't believe it when I got here. I don't know how I'm sitting here right now speaking English.

I am a very sensitive person, very impulsive and emotional.

Vade Mecum I want the scissors to be sharp and the table perfectly level when you cut me out of my life and paste me in that book you always carry.

If the President really wanted to know exactly how Rove and Libby were involved, he could walk down to their offices and demand that they answer him honestly.

If it's a good idea, do it today. Not tomorrow. A good idea rarely gets better over time.

Life is too short to be lived badly.

Picture yourself five years from now. Where do you want to be? Remember that. Every day. That's how you'll get there.

He's a soldier; and for one to say a soldier lies, is stabbing.

We contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.