It's my job as an actor to commit to the role and not - through my own inhibitions - run away.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual.

There are no real start-overs, only start-from-heres.

By perseverance the snail reached the ark.

Like a good chess player, Satan is always trying to maneuver you into a position where you can save your castle only by losing your bishop.

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit. It is never a narrowing of the mind or a restriction of the human spirit or the country's spirit.

Sometimes,' Sylvie said, 'one can mistake gratitude for love.

Pulver's skills as a post-Beat visionary are in rare form. A House of Hollow Wounds is a thrilling foray into the dark frontier of the weird.

I realize that you have to show up for your life.

Of course. My sadness has become a routine that no one notices anymore.