I was very, very shy when I was little. Acting lets you access all those different parts of yourself to make the character authentic.

I used to go to rave parties, too, but I was never savvy with techno.

I loved performing; I was always trying to impress my siblings by being a clown. I think that came from being the runt of the litter.

I liked the Beastie Boys and A Tribe Called Quest and Cypress Hill.

You see someone on the street wearing an outfit and then it's on the cover of a magazine. I love. But, you know, I'm Australian, so I'm not too flashy or glitzy.

Anything can happen. Anything happens all the time.

I see myself more as a character actress than a celebrity.

I'm in love with the city. You can impress an Australian with a city, but you can't impress them with a beach.

Here in L.A. the standard of beauty is kind of ridiculous. I want to be doing this when I'm in my fifties and sixties and this isn't what I'm going to look like.

I'm generally a people-pleaser so I get high anxiety from any sort of confrontation.

I think it's important to keep an element of fear about yourself because it makes you appreciate the jobs.

Peace is not the absence of intolerance Peace is a way of life with joy of tolerance.

In wars, it is always the children who suffer the most.

All practical teachers know that education is a patient process of mastery of details, minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.

You can't change what happened. Just like you can't change the future by worrying about it. You just have to keep moving.

I only ask for information.

Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

One life totally devoted to God is of more value to Him than one hundred lives which have been simply awakened by His Spirit.

The more risks you allow your children to make, the better they learn to look after themselves.

I look at B.J. Penn as one of the best boxers in the business. He's got one of the best jabs around.

Remember, color is not just color, but mood, temperature and structure.