Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

The neck is kind of what's sexy in Japan, so you have to have the kimono a little bit back. It was just a whole different way of appealing to what was sexy.

Everything I buy is vintage and smells funny. Maybe that's why I don't have a boyfriend.

I always admired Wonder Woman and the Incredible Hulk - but I don't know if I'd be a very convincing hulk.

I think you just have to appreciate who you are and hopefully they can see what a superhero is about.

I try to believe like I believed when I was five...when your heart tells you everything you need to know.

You can't look back; you have to keep looking forward.

When I was shooting a movie in Montreal, it was freezing. If you take a little bit of Aquaphor and dab it on your face, it keeps your skin looking fresh. I dubbed it Aqua For Everything.

People use location as a language in films, and Quentin uses action as a language in his films. There's really not a lot of violence. It's more of an emotional beat than it is a physical beat

When you have something that close to you, you want to make sure that you're aware of it.

Pilates introduced me to muscles I never even knew I had. Soon I started to feel longer and leaner. Ten years of Pilates has really changed my body for the better.

Just because you don't understand it doesn't mean it isn't so.

I like a little danger. Tame danger, controlled by me. It gives me a sense of power, I guess, to take my life in my hands and know damn well I’m not going to lose it.

Deadlines refine the mind. They remove variables like exotic materials and processes that take too long. The closer the deadline, the more likely you'll start thinking waaay outside the box.

Nothing's easier to talk about than surrendering ourselves and dying on the Cross. Nothing's harder than actually doing it.

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together.

It's as if all your past is written on the blackboard, and if we could erase it, your past would no longer exist. The way you do that - the only way you do that - is in samadhi.

Freshly cut Christmas trees smelling of stars and snow and pine resin - inhale deeply and fill your soul with wintry night.

I am the world's worst good bridge player.

Where are the real sources of human dignity, freedom and modern democracy, if not in the concept of infinity to which all men are equal?

I like frogs. I am not crazy about their legs in a buffet, but I like their casual approach to life.