The more articulate somebody is, the more suspicious I am of them. I like to feel that the important things remain unsaid.

If you have a milkshake and I have a milkshake, and I have a straw and my straw reaches across the room and starts to drink your milkshake... I drink your milkshake! I drink it up!

Being at the centre of a film is a burden one takes on with innocence the first time. Thereafter, you take it on with trepidation.

Everybody has to know for themselves what they're capable of.

It's a source of great sadness to me that my father died without having seen me do anything worthwhile. He was constantly having to make excuses for me.

I live in a landscape, which every single day of my life is enriching.

I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.

A voice is such a deep, personal reflection of character.

For as long as I can remember, the thing that gave me a sense of wonderment and renewal... has always been the work of other actors.

Acting is about people. Other people. Otherwise, you're not acting, you're doing monologues.

I see a lot of movies. I love films as a spectator, and that's never obscured by the part of me that does the work myself. I just love going to the movies.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one

The influence of early books is profound. So much of the future lies on the shelves. Early reading has more influence than any religious teaching.

wounds make you awake in the memories but tears makes tough and dry in real life.

There’s one thing you can start doing right now that will change how you communicate with any young human: Remember what it’s like to be one.

We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

Dreams Matter because they push you

The truth can both lift up and knock down.

Global food insecurity is increasing...the slim excess of growth in food production over population is narrowing.

When forced to choose, I will not trade even a night's sleep for the chance of extra profits.