I shall not say why and how I became, at the age of fifteen, the mistress of the Earl of Craven.

Like Salvador Dali’s paintings of watches melting in the sand, time wanders at its own curious pace whenever you’re on vacation in a foreign country.

The 9th key may be the door opener. Don't give up after trying the 8th. Keep doing it!

The I examined my own heart. And there you were. Never, I fear, to be removed.

The Following and Hannibal are really well made, but the tone is very consistently dark.

The angel has confided in me that he is going to ask the Lord if he can become Spider-Man. [...] The children need heroes, he says. I think he just wants to swing from buildings in tight red jammies.

I'm finding a lot of actors my age now who are a bit more like me, and not as posh or brought up in a certain way. There's now people of all sorts of kinds of backgrounds.

Between friends there is no bribery. ... the relationship of friends is intrinsically fair and equal. Neither feels stronger or more clever or more beautiful than the other.

I don't want to have strong arms, like you get from Pilates or yoga. But dancing arms become your best accessory. And it's great for your core muscles.

I'm not just going to accept something because it's a lot of money. I'm an artist; content is incredibly important to me.

God scatters beauty as he scatters flowers O'er the wide earth, and tells us all are ours. A hundred lights in every temple burn, And at each shrine I bend my knee in turn.