There's a kind of release And a kind of torment in every goodbye for every man.

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.

We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.

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.

You've got drama too?' 'Doesn't everyone?' 'A side effect of breathing, I guess.

...Don't insult readers by questioning the extent of their imaginations. Most need only to be nudged to solve a good mystery.

Daddy was hilarious. He could take the most mundane event and tell it so that we all on the floor laughing. He trained me in the joys of humor.

A Muslim is a person who follows Allah's laws without question. Sharia is our law. No interpretation is needed, nor are laws made by men. Allah is the only lawmaker.

The way I see it, commercial interests should manage a lunar base while NASA gets on with the really important task of flying to Mars.

I take away something from every role. I'm still learning and that's what life is about.

To persuade is more trouble than to dominate, and the powerful seldom take this trouble if they can avoid it.

God has given us the gift of faith that we can take what's unseen and make it part of who we are.

I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?

There is no more powerful weapon for change than honesty.