I just get really defensive as soon as anyone comes near my personal life. I made a decision early on that it's strictly off-limits. No exceptions.

What shocks me is that so many people leave care and become homeless, and when you're homeless you get into crime, prostitution and drugs, and it is a vicious circle. That's what we need to change.

I'll never get a part in a huge action blockbuster.

I believe it is my duty as a performer to raise issues in the world of things we're afraid to look at.

To be honest with you, a lot of directors can be very lazy.

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

I don't get the point in a lot of biopics, they're boring. You know what's gonna happen. You're just watching actors show off.

I was angry but not at God. I feel that you are closer to God when you are messed up. Definitely. That's when you most need God, and God cannot control what man does.

Everyone wants to look their best, everyone has dreams of wanting to look like something else. But we are who we are.

I want to prove that you don't have to come from Oxford University or Rada - and you don't have to have parents that support you - to succeed.

I can't act without music very well.

An employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager.

They did not ask my permission for their mediocrity, why should I ask theirs for excellence?

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.

I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.

Also, perhaps children are sterner than grown-up people in their refusal to suffer, in their refusal, even, to feel at all.

I've never had a clear road map. When things come along, I benefit.

I have a more developed sense of my priorities. Life has so much more meaning now.

Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.

I think luck falls on not just the brave but also the ones who believe they belong there.