I would encourage you as a screenwriter to trust your story and don't make notes for the actors or don't make notes for the reader.

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.

Above all things I believe in love.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.

...as an actor there's nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It's so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say 'no more.

Mountains in the distance remind me of you.

It was like bouncing tennis balls off a mystery piece of furniture and deducing, from the direction in which the balls ricocheted, whether it was a chair or a table or a Welsh dresser.

There are some women who should barely be spoken to; they should only be caressed.

A politician should not be written off till he or she is cremated.

It is obvious: if you do not accept something that assumes the form of ‘destiny,’ you not only change its ‘natural laws’ but also the laws of the enemy playing the role of fate.

But felt through all this fleshly dresse Bright shootes of everlastingnesse.

I grew up rock climbing.

Here are your waters and your watering place. Drink and be whole again beyond confusion.

What the world needs most is openness: Open hearts, open doors, open eyes, open minds, open ears, open souls.

People tracking your life and photographing you anywhere you go, that can make you crazy.