I love Sam Mendes. He's a fantastic director.

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.

I know, I'm an idiot!" Leo moaned. "A brilliant idiot, but still an idiot.

The civil rights movement in the United States was about the same thing, about equality of treatment for all sections of the people, and that is precisely what our movement was about.

Reason had overthrown faith, and had defeated the purpose of God.

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

Ive always enjoyed the enthusiasm of the best studio musicians and, over the years, have collected so many inspired contributions from them.

If one cannot live the life of the brave, then it is better to die like the brave.

Literature begins with the possible model of experience, and what it produces is the literary model we call the classic.

If this is the way Queen Victoria treats her prisoners, she doesn't deserve to have any.

The human imagination, which is our great glory, has grown so powerful that we can barely unleash it on the surface of the planet.

But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain.