I think my family love each other so much and expect so much from each other, and I think we expect a type of honesty in the work that we all do.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you. If it's what you want to do and it's within yourself, then keep going and try to do it for the rest of your life.

Every journey starts with fear.

Do you know what fear stands for? False Evidence Appearing Real.

Don't listen to what anybody says except the people who encourage you.

I was listening to this Adele song, where she's like, "When we were young..." I was like, "You're 27. Are you kidding me?

Romance is important, but to have a friend you can use as a mirror, who can give you an objective response, that's what's really important.

I think that we all have within us the potential for almost anything. If we play close attention to our lives, then we can get at it somehow.

By cool, I don't mean cool. I mean vulnerable and a mess.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to

One common cause of this mistake of preferring to imagine and admire a great ideal instead of beginning to do little deeds is our impatience with little baby steps, our lack of humility.

God gave us free will so that we might choose our own destinies. He left it up to us to achieve them.

Most will regret opening up the doors to truth, while others will cower at thought of living an illusion. In the end, does impracticality defeat curiosity?

Finally, I am coming to the conclusion that my highest ambition is to be what I already am.

The philosophies of one age have become the absurdities of the next, and the foolishness of yesterday has become the wisdom of tomorrow.

For a long time the IOC liked the idea of money but they didn't like the thought of working for it.

The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.

When you can use dirty words in every situation with everyone, that's a real big liberation.

Piety and holiness of life will propitiate the gods. [Lat., Deos placatos pietas efficiet et sanctitas.]

Not all my shoes are designer. In terms of clothes, everything is on the same level for me. If I like it, it doesn't matter if it cost £200 or £2. I'm attracted to things rather than labels.