Towards the end, one of them [children in "The White Queen"] was older than I was in real life.

If you try to bring 'teen drama,' you end up doing nothing but pouting.

Kindness and a generous spirit go a long way. And a sense of humor. It's like medicine - very healing.

It's a mistake to dwell too much on the consequences of a piece of work that you're making.

My name has opened doors and slammed doors shut.

I think I was about 16 when I first figured I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to be a fighter pilot before that, but then I thought I don't want to kill people so that ruled that out.

People say 'follow in the footsteps' but I always find that a strange expression because what you want to do is forge your own path, so to speak.

I think it's quite good to have an amount of unavailability.

I like to think that at the end of a show, you can just take your costume off and go to the pub.

I don't think I've got enough energy to be competitive! Most of my energy is just devoted to me being nervous and trying to deal with the situation.

The only person I can amaze is me.

I bend but I do not break.

It is perfectly okay to write garbage – as long as you edit brilliantly.

What is most needed for learning is a humble mind.

They go'n try to stop you, they go'n try. Notice how I said true. We ain't never stopping.

As an example, one of the schools I have been studying is too small to compete effectively in most sports, but participates with vigor each year in the state music contests.

...the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security.

Silk didn't care if it slid over scars or smooth, untouched skin. I'd earned my right to be paranoid.

Genius seems to consist merely in trueness of sight, in using such words as show that the man was an eye-witness, and not a repeater of what was told.

Some directors cast you because they trust you to do the performance - but then they forget to direct you.

To be world champion brings fame. The fame brings good things and bad things too. I try to take the good with calmness.