If you want an honest dialogue, you can't criticize someone for what they say. You can't teach someone to think in a certain way.

I suppose it's really satisfying to play someone with secrets. It's really satisfying to decide how and when those things are going to start being revealed, and how subtle to be.

I'm incredibly grateful for Sophie Barthes, I'll always be incredibly grateful for her being generous enough to believe in what I thought. And it was just lucky that I met the right person.

There was still an element in acting, certainly for my dad, of like, "This is lunacy." But then once my parents could tell that I was serious, it was like, "Okay then."

Once you get an agent you're given an opportunity to try a little bit more. It's a really long ladder.

I’ve read Hamlet, I know men suffer.

Pride is bad, stress is good. I don't want to feel confident. I want to feel rage. Endless, all consuming rage.

My thing has always been, sit down with me for an hour and base your judgments off that. That's all I ask. Don't go by what you read in the paper or hear in the streets.

Don't lose the dreams inside your head They'll only be there until you're dead Dream

Emmitt Smith is someone that I have great respect for - as a player, a competitor and a person. His contributions to the organization and the NFL speak for themselves.

Be a hard master to yourself - and be lenient to everybody else.

The more sensible a woman is, supposing her not to be masculine, the more attractive she is in her proportionate power to entertain.

Efforts can succeed over time, and not trying ensures that the worst will happen.

you just took on five million years of evolution again

My creative process is quite slow. I hear melodies in my head while I'm washing the dishes and I allow my subconscious to do the work.