I have many different sides; I can be the life and soul of the party - or a wallflower.

You don't need to follow trends to be stylish.

It's true about the eyes being the window to the soul. Your face can be etched with worry, and twisted by ageing, but the eyes tell the true story of who you are.

I think there's nothing more amazing than helping people every day.

Actors need steely determination. It's a tough profession with plenty of knocks along the way. You have to be very determined and never take 'no' for an answer.

I'm always interested in telling stories that have a message because I really do believe that film is so powerful.

I like to believe that we all pray to the same god.

Hollywood 'friends' are only after one thing. They're looking out for the next big thing, and they don't want to miss out on you just in case.

I always find filming stressful. I get very caught up thinking about my character - 'Am I doing it right? Should it be done this way?'

I did not enjoy Cambridge. But I shouldn't blame Cambridge alone. I wasn't ready for university or for the wrench of leaving home. It was a big cultural shock.

I try to be upbeat. I read this book which tells you to write down everything that you're grateful for each day. Now I'm constantly noticing all the little things that make me joyful.

A wedding is and event, but marriage is a life.

The strength of a nation especially of a republican nation is in the intelligent and well-ordered homes of the people.

The Italians live well. They have problems, like all countries, but they are well-dressed, the women are pretty.

I never find words right away. Poems for me always begin with images and rhythms, shapes, feelings, forms, dances in the back of my mind.

Music is a beautiful opiate, if you don't take it too seriously.

There is a destiny in war, to which a brave man knows how to submit with the same courage that he faces his foes.

Does fate ever play by the rules?

You better stand tall when they're calling you out, don't bend, don't break, and don't back down!

I’m aware of my weaknesses and THE BEAST WITHIN.

He who does not mortify his palate will neither know how to mortify his flesh.