[Queen Elizabeth] is just the granny queen! She's our granny queen who shakes people's hands!

That external struggle mirrors the struggle of this life force of energy that [princess Margaret] was.

I watched tons of archive footage of princess Margaret and listened to the music she loved; that was really immersive and brilliant.

I started to really enjoy the fact that [princess] Margaret was an exhibitionist. Even on a day-to-day basis, Margaret's costumes were always so much more dramatic and bold than Elizabeth's were.

People are so much more fascinated by the royal family generally than in England.

I really enjoyed stepping into that side of [princess Margaret] and being silly and naughty and fun.

I would argue [princess] Margaret is the tragic figure of the century.

My dad is a big extrovert - he's a doctor - but he always loved [William] Shakespeare and he took us to tons of theater.

At the same time, [princess Margaret] had a fragility and an insecurity in who she was and her position, because her sister had always got the education ever since David [Edward VIII] abdicated.

[Princess Margaret] was always trying to radicalize things.

I watched her do speeches, but the only footage we could find of [princess] Margaret was archive footage, which was of her public presentation of herself.

There is nothing wrong with you... Life isn't supposed to be easy... It is designed to be challenging so that you will grow into a more conscious, loving human being.

When you use music to worship you are not attempting to entertain.

Christmas is not a season. It is a feeling.

Don't think of it as losing a boyfriend. Think of it as gaining a stalker." -Dan Cahill

The film [Kite Runner] was not as big a hit in the United States as it was worldwide, I think it may have been swallowed up by all the other movies it had to go up against.

I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.

We artists are hypersensitive, or we wouldn't be - couldn't be - artists.

The music was always the thing that has been in our world.

Real optimism has reason to complain but prefers to smile.