I like to take these unusual characters and then make them as normal as possible, because we all know that the tragedy and the abnormal always hides itself behind the normal.

In a very complex way, things have improved in the dramatic field. Before you had the good and the bad and you couldn't mingle them. Now it's more ambiguous.

I think being an actress is more how to cope with the fact that you can't do anything else than to express a talent. It's a way of being untalented for anything

Acting is a way of living out one's insanity.

I always thought that's the exact metaphor, the perfect metaphor for acting. To go blind, to ignore the danger, and to totally trust.

The Greeks already understood that there was more interest in portraying an unusual character than a usual character - that is the purpose of films and theatre.

For a long time I have compared cinema to music, I think cinema has a lot to do with the rhythm of music.

For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.

We all pretend to be very strong, and then in a fraction, you can just break down, at least for me.

A film is the reflection of the soul of its creator.

Sometimes over the years, you know, things come to surface.

Father, in those moments of utter exasperation, help me to want You as much as I need You!

Sometimes the best Christmas present is remembering what you've already got.

I will teach them what it means to put a lion in a cage, Cersei thought.

Make the man within your living ideal.

All equity categories, correctly calculated, create near-identical lifelong returns. They just get there via wildly differing paths.

Listen to the praises about you in silence; listen to the critics about you even in more silence!

In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.

If you want something bad enough and you have that desire, you'll walk to another state or country if you have to.

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.

Success leaves clues, Proximity is power. Love your family, CHOOSE your peers.