I'm not super-conservative, but a bit of tradition is nice.

You can really only enjoy life when youre extremely busy.

Jeanne Moreau, Lauren Bacall, they had this unconventional beauty, this amazing charisma.

I grew up with classical music blasting in my parents' living room and my older brother's practicing saxophone in his room listening to jazz... a beautiful chaos.

I think the French have a romantic cliche that Englishmen have great style, great music, irony and sense of humour. Well, sometimes cliches are true.

I like to look like a tomboy during the day and then a pin-up girl at night.

I was a big fan of Ron Howard of course, so it was fantastic to meet him.

I love food, so exercise is important for me.

You can really only enjoy life when you're extremely busy.

Confidence

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

When you have both parties who will not find ways to compromise, who won't meet in the middle, you have paralysis. It's the perversion of idealism.

The role of a trainer or consultant is to empower the customer, not to make himself indispensable

fashion has always been a little slow in accommodating large women. ... We're not asking for philanthropy here. Wake up, we're fat, we like nice clothes, and we've got cash.

You can never get enough of what you don't need, because what you don't need won't satisfy you.

Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.

The concern that I have is that, as wealth continues to concentrate in the hands of a few, economic inequality grows, and power also becomes more unequal.

A lot can be said for the infinite mercies of God, but the smarts of a good pharmacist, when you get down to it, is worth more.

Watching Life on Mars was quite frightening for me because dipping in and out of reality was quite like myself