We're all waiting for the opportunity to do big films but you have to wait your turn - unless you get offered something like Twilight when you're 20! Otherwise, you just have to keep slogging away.

Sometimes our motivations can be quite hazy, contradictory and multi-faceted, in real life.

If somebody knew every time they did something it was going to be a hit there would never be any failures. Sadly, that's not how it works. You take nothing for granted.

If someone offers you a three picture deal at 20 you'd take it. I would have killed for it.

I'm kind of glad that I was able to properly grow up before becoming a massive movie star.

Our homes travel with us. They are wherever we feel loved and accepted.

I believe in my sacred soul.

Never resist temptation: prove all things: hold fast that which is good.

Having spent the better part of my life trying either to relive the past or experience the future before it arrives I have come to believe that in between these two extremes is peace.

Planning is valuable, tho the plan is usually useless.

I admire Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet. I like a lot of comedians. I like Cameron Diaz - she's funny and has a very light spirit. That's quite rare nowadays. There are many actresses I admire.

Every writer loves the idea of being able to go in and fix a problem and then leave without obligation. It's fun!

A sure thing is no fun.

Anything is possible in this universe. It could be that you turn the chair around it's just a glove handcuffed to a bomb, like in Inspector Gadget.

That is one more reason why I write in English only right now. I prefer writing in the language I hear around me for the people by whom I am surrounded.