I just can't stand the sound of my voice sometimes, or how my face looks. There are always a few times at every premiere when I just have to cover my eyes when I'm up there.

For me, the biggest thing is someone who's kind. I'm not into the bad-boy thing.

After 'The Matrix,' I cannot wear sunglasses. As soon as I put them on, people recognize me.

Nobody sets the rules but you. You can design your own life.

My husband jokes that I'll invite people over for dinner and he won't know who they are or where I met them. But in my work world, I've never really been tempted to tell too much of my story.

Are you gonna fuel your faith or fuel your fear? I'm all about fueling my faith, especially when it's hard to do so.

Where it gets clear for me about the privacy issue is with my kids because they didn't choose this kind of life. I'm an incredibly open person, though - I'll tell anyone anything.

I was 30 when I did 'The Matrix.' When you turn 30, your life and your world view change. I remember feeling relieved - it was like I was seeing things in a deeper way.

I'm a very simple person. I don't use computers.

To experience life you have to kind of face a lot of fears.

The writers are so smart, I can only imagine. I would love to be in that room. I love the creative process.

Love is total surrender, total acceptance and total commitment.

Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water.

The city guardsmen were like the keres, doom-bringers of merciless vengeance.

Having consolidated its power, and taking the lead of the peasantry, the proletariat of the victorious country can and must build a socialist society.

We didn't have the time to watch playback all the time so I depended on my team [All We Had].

In my prayers I never said I needed a home. I said I wanted a sanctuary.

I deal in facts, not forecasting the future. That's crystal ball stuff. That doesn't work.

Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding.

Selfishness makes Christmas a burden; Love makes it a delight. The joy of brightening a child's heart creates the magic of Christmas.

At what age do you think it's appropriate to tell a highway it's adopted?