I love watching Hollywood movies - I just don't know if I'd be happy doing a Jurassic Park.

The thing about the classics it that they are such great characters, they have a great deal of depth and different layers to them. I always find that very stimulating to play.

I wasn't tempted to go into academia for a second.

I'm a mother, so I instantly identified with what that would be like and the horror of that.

I actually didn't like Jane Austen. I was more into the Brontes. They were so wild and passionate. I thought there was something a bit tame about Austen.

Unfortunately, unapproachable leaders create a tense environment that may prevent their people from bringing their best strengths and talents or challenges and solutions forward.

Do you think God would heal an adulterer? Well I believe if God would save an adulterer, then He would heal one.

Casting a film is to me one of the most important things next to the writing. If you cast it properly everything takes place very easily. If you cast it improperly you're fighting an uphill battle.

Remember: People who live in glass houses can see you masturbating in their bushes.

The ones who become stars or superstars are the ones who have a head on their shoulders and know how to use it.

Love, Fear, and Esteem, - Write these on three stones.

Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.

I don't see myself as a different guy than I was ten years ago. I don't have aspirations to be. It's really about where you're putting your energies. That's changing a lot.

all to no end save beauty the eternal-- So in detail they, the crowd, are beautiful