I played a heap of snow in a school play. I was under a sheet, and crawled out when spring came. I often say I'll never reach the same artistic level again.

I'm in Stockholm in my office. I just got here after seeing my eighth child on an ultrasound, so I'm in a good mood. It's beautiful: an energetic little skeleton.

There is no overacting, only untrue acting.

Unfortunately, the way the world is constructed, a lot of people have no chance, from day one.

I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy.

if a real God were actually so vain as to constantly demand worship, then he would not be worth it.

We don't live. We're miming in the choir.

Casting a film, you can have the greatest actors in a film and it doesn't work. It's a combination of all of the elements.

Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are.

Even the most despicable person is still a human being.

Norwegian kids, they grow up well educated in film. So they have a lot of good directors there.

Jesus is more likely to lead you across the street than across the ocean.

The shortest interval between two points is the awareness that they are not two.

What you consider as real may not exist at all, and what you cannot see today may turn out to be the purpose of your life one day.

Appreciate me now and avoid the rush.

Success is a process that never ends.

There is soul music, soul food, and soul love.

My individual, psychological descent coincided, ironically, with my ascent into the public eye.

Fate," Blue replied, glowering at her mother, "is a very weighty word to throw around before breakfast.

Comedy is a noble art. And every comedian who does anything is serving a noble purpose.

The spiritual journey is individual, highly personal. It can't be organized or regulated. It isn't true that everyone should follow one path. Listen to your own truth.