To have a friend and a comrade as your co-star, especially in a romantic comedy, is really important. It gives you the room. It's easier to give yourself and the other person permission to play.

I'm the son of an everyman. My father is a teacher. He teaches physics at a boys' school in Sydney.

My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.

I am a big fan of vampires. I've always been obsessed with the genre, and the beautiful romanticism and erotic kind of nature of the immortal being, the undead who lives on human blood.

The mecca of filmmaking in the world just so happens to be in America. It's quite simply a case of us just going where the work is.

I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, it’s like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back.

Losing my anonymity in this world I think is something that I find terrifying.

I do not think I'm a great talent. I think I'm a medium talent, but I think I understand the business and enjoy the business.

I like playing the villain.

I don't know what I'm really good at. I'm really good at sittin' by the pool. I have to work at that. I'm really bad at auditioning.

I write music just for me. I'm certainly not good enough to do it on any kind of a level but I enjoy that time because it's quiet.

Liberals and conservatives are looking for entirely different things. Their attitudes toward romance and how they court are really dramatically different. There's almost no overlap.

Why is it when you turn on the TV you see ads for telephone companies, and when you turn on the radio you hear ads for TV shows, and when you get put on hold on the phone you hear a radio station?

Love is much deeper than a feeling. Love is a commitment we make to people to always treat that person right and honorably.

Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.

Everything is gestation and then birthing.

Trust, in its most primitive form, is based on authenticity, not flawlessness.

No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.

We can translate word and letter into color - [Arthur] Rimbaud stated that in his color vowels, words quote "words" can be read in silent color.

Working with women survivors of war has taught me that we need to listen to women's perspectives on war in order to understand how to effectively rebuild a country, a community and a family.