I think Im pretty politically informed, and I find myself watching Senate hearings on C-SPAN.

The first 10 years I was a professional actor, I did Shakespeare.

I wanted to be in The Emerald Forest. I chased that one for six months before it all came about. I wanted to work with John Boorman!

We have real cliched ideas of what prison life is like. It is not a happy place. It's a desperate, sad situation.

Love” is only a one syllable word but it’s the most powerful one mankind’s ever heard.

Finish the day's writing when you still want to continue.

It's okay to be scared, but fear is different. Fear is when we let being scared prevent us from doing what love requires of us.

For my next trick I will make everyone understand me.

We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people.

I'm just glad that the whole John Wayne persona of a man is sort of old school now, because I'd never be able to do that. If that was the going rate today, I wouldn't be working.

Fine" I said icily. "I'll do this. but i want it noted that I'm doing this against my will." "I think we already figured that out, Miss Hathaway.

But what I'd really like to tell you is I never dreamed of being in the Hall of Fame. Standing here with all these great players was beyond any of my dreams.

My name is Katniss Everdeen. I am seventeen years old. My home is District 12. I was in the Hunger Games. I escaped. The Capitol hates me.

I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself.