I managed to slip two children out in the middle of my career and have been lucky with all the work.

I always have bananas with me for energy.

I get so nervous before I go on stage that I can never eat very much, so I'm always completely starving afterwards and dying for a bowl of pasta.

I had absolutely no idea of the scale of its following and the globalness of 'Bond'.

If you put people up on pedestals, there's only one way for them to go and that is down.

Inside my heart, there's a 12-year-old girl who has always wanted to be Ginger Rogers.

Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.

I adore acting; it's in my blood - quite literally - but I can honestly say the most creative thing in the world for me is being a mother.

My best friend is my husband.

Nobody can prepare you for the loss of a parent.

I'm an appalling flyer. I get very tense, although I no longer weep uncontrollably for no reason - I just sob if there's turbulence.

History is all around us and you, my lucky few, are living in some of it..

Today is my last day as a human, tomorrow I am going to be a hero.

Why hasn't someone lassoed a few teenagers and had them sit down and write out all the supposed answers they have so we can solve the world's problems already?

American culture is kind of an international culture, isn't it? British culture is a bit more unique. I think funny things are sort of funny around the world, really.

Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home.

To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you're doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it off.

Think thoughts that make you happy. Do things that make you feel good. Be with people who make you feel good. Eat things that make your body feel good. Go at a pace that makes you feel good.

If Swaraj is to be had by peaceful methods, it will only be attained by attention to every little detail of national life.

I'm the gun guy, a loud guitar Dirty Harry with a ponytail.

The objects that we have known in better days are the main props that sustain the weight of our affections, and give us strength to await our future lot.