What's a premonition? It's when you feel something before it actually happens. Do I believe in it? Yes. Have I had one? Nothing worth noting. I believe in all of that kind of stuff.

It's very hard to step into a job when people are just dismissing you as a pretty face, and saying you got your job only because your surname is McMahon.

Some laws are wrong, and we have an obligation to speak out against those laws wherever they are.

We should not be afraid to speak the truth to our powerful friend the United States.

I like the opportunity to play characters who have these dark sides but make the audience empathize with them. You want them to think there is some kind of sweeter, softer side to it.

A lot of times you just go through life and forget to stop and say: "This is cool." Or: "I'm lucky, I love the people in my life and I love what I'm doing."

It's kind of fun when it's you versus them.

You know, it's always fun to play the bad guy at the end of the day.

The reality is you have to do your work and maybe you don't know everything. Maybe I don't know what the hell I'm doing! But most of the time you can't even admit that, though.

I've always been interesting in characters that challenge people and who are not always that easy to like.

Macroeconomic policy can never be devoid of politics: it involves fundamental trade-offs and affects different groups differently.

A hard life improves the vision.

He who thus considers things in their first growth and origin ... will obtain the clearest view of them.

Sadly, man recognises that the ideal, submissive woman he has created for himself is somehow not quite what he wanted.

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

When in doubt...shoe it out.

I feel blessed, I really feel fulfilled.

It seems to me self-evident that if you have a life, things happen in it, and certain things do change; certain things end. People you know die.

It isn't ever delicate to live.

Instant messaging and chat rooms have basically created a level playing field for deaf people.