Two things I'm trying to work on are openness and flexibility.

Cannes is a very strange place. I tried to show up as best I could and to try not to be cynical.

I love Central Park. I spend a lot of time in there. I try and get in there whenever I can.

Doors of opportunity don't open, they unlock; it is up to you to turn the knob.

It's tricky to say 'never,' but I will never have plastic surgery.

It's been very important for me to follow my gut or my heart, or whichever organ you want to go by.

We need art. We've been telling stories since the beginning. As human beings, we need it for our survival.

When it's working, what acting is really about is getting into the essence of a moment in a creative, joyous way - through whatever frees you up.

As a woman, a lot of stories haven't been told and we've got a lot of catching up to do.

You can rest a lot in an hour or have a whole day and not do it properly. One way I get a quality recharge is to connect with nature. To experience something that's bigger than me.

Being famous gives you a lot of illusions of false self, of self-importance, a grandiosity, it becomes difficult to stay humble and real. You see so many people who don't succeed.

Poetry is the journal of a sea animal living on land wanting to fly in the air.

Know the names of past and current artists who are most famous for playing their instruments.

Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you owe them nothing.

'T is sweet to think that where'er we rove We are sure to find something blissful and dear; And that when we 're far from the lips we love, We 've but to make love to the lips we are near.

We may have pain, but not as great as His name.

What is a writer of fiction but a liar with a licence?

I like to watch good football so I like to watch good players. I like Cristiano Ronaldo, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Wayne Rooney.

Stand up and walk out of your history

What makes human life - which is inseparable from this moment--so precious is its fleeting nature. And not that it doesn't last but that it never returns again.

When I first came back into the booth, I starting rapping.