I've stood up to producers before, and even a director. I saw them being abusive. A lot of people on the set are scared to say stuff when they're not being treated right.

I loved school so much that most of my classmates considered me a dork.

Cute is when your personality shines through your looks.

Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

I am a very strict vegetarian. ...I just really, really love animals, and I act on my values.

My dad's a doctor, and when I was 8, I went to one of his medical conferences where they were demonstrating laser surgery on a chicken. I was so mad that a chicken had to die, I never ate meat again.

Social networking is playing a huge role in creating awareness and mobilizing support for all kinds of common interests. What better way to use this remarkable tool than to change the world?

I'm a Gemini, so I change my mind every day.

When you get older, you realize it's a lot less about your place in the world but your place in you. It's not how everyone views you, but how you view yourself

If you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to seem a whole lot longer than you'd like.

The moment you buy into the idea that you're above anyone else, is the moment you need to be slapped in the face.

With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.

Tell a man something is bad, and he's not at all sure he wants to give it up. Describe it as stupid, and he knows it's the better part of caution to listen.

Life is not a fist. Life is an open hand waiting for some other hand to enter it.

The abstracting of visual elements in order to recognize their particularity has become automatic, but seeing, combining, and creating them as integrated 'wholes' will remain a lifelong challenge.

A leader is one who sees more than others see, who sees farther than others see, and who sees before others do." (Leroy Eims)

I place the blame with our own leaders who are not defending our interests. A strong euro is ruining our economy.

Mitt Romney looks like a secretary of state. He looks like the chancellor of the exchequer.

If you are making smart decisions and doing the right things in the correct order and dedicating yourself to something, the success is inevitable.

I've got a Range Rover. It's brilliant actually but it's manual.

As an actor, if you want to while shooting, you can run back to your trailer and take a nap. But you cannot do that while directing.