I really like Billie Holiday's husky voice, and I'd definitely like to find out more about her.

I just believe that sometimes in life you're like a shark - you have to keep moving through water; otherwise, you'll die.

'Bionic Woman' really enriched my career. It was a big, amazing thing to do.

Working on new projects gives you the opportunity to learn and absorb new things.

I've never been a social bunny. I thrive on work.

I like to hang out with my friends, go to the theatre, watch DVDs, read, play with my niece.

Doing the same thing day in, day out. It's just so boring. I like to jump from different things.

I think it's so important as an actor that you hang on to your own inner compass, because so many people want to guide you - 'This is what you should you be doing'. But I want to do different things.

For me, once I've worked on something and it's finished, it's like an ex-boyfriend: you don't go back to them.

Sometimes in life, random things can blind-side you.

I was bullied. I was a bit of a geek. Good-looking guys were off-limits. I didn't start dating until I was 18.

People who have fallacious objectives are like the barren soil. The flowers grow from soil which is composed of the right objectives.

Laughter is a gift everyone should open.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

Books for all the world are always foul-smelling books: the smell of small people clings to them.

When the chord of monotony is stretched to its tightest, it breaks with the sound of a song.

If you make decisions based upon people's reactions or judgments then you make really boring choices.

Everything flows and nothing abides. Everything gives way and nothing stays fixed.

Ronald Reagan was unusual in being an authentic personality. Unlike many professional actors - and politicians - he was much the same behind the curtain as in front.

I'm not sure what [my latest works are] about but I'm convinced they're the best things I've done and I'm going to the world's best museums with them.

We were meant to influence the world, not have the world influence us.