My dad's an architect and my mom owned a French bakery for twelve years.

I mean, I like to think of myself as being strong and independent, but I definitely wasn't like that at 14

There will always be a few people who have the courage to love what is untamed inside us. One of those men is my father.

For Astrid, no matter what challenges they go through, they are going to face each other. It's hard for a daughter to accept that her mother is that selfish and that terrible.

I'd like to play characters who are older - I don't want to be playing 14-year-olds too much longer

I don't think I'll ever be comfortable with the idea of being famous.

I like to take a character and develop it

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine

I mean, God, I'm so lucky right now with the opportunities that I've had. There's nothing to worry about

But you're not necessarily ever going to be handed a script where you can say: it's all done and perfect

There is no point in getting rich if we lose our soul along the way.

There couldn't be a resolution, because life doesn't end on a schedule. It ends in the middle, every time.

You have my whole heart. You always did. You're the best guy. You always were.

The most powerful book in the world at the beginning of the twentieth century is the check-book.

Whenever the C++ language designers had two competing ideas as to how they should solve some problem, they said, "OK, we'll do them both". So the language is too baroque for my taste.

Just play with sincerity, give the performance of your life with everything you've got.

My own passion, all my life, has been non-collecting.

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

Never underestimate the power of a brillian stylist.