Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

I'd have described myself as a Tolkien reader before this, but now I'd describe myself as a Tolkien geek.

I can't bear shopping. I can choose clothes for my characters, but not for myself. I've got no dress sense. Or I've lost it.

I never like to go out of character when filming starts. I fear that if I do, I might not be able to pick it up again.

Do people really think that about my nose? I spent my whole life hating it, so its amusing that people like it!

I have a bit of pride, which is always my downfall.

I think if I had come out of drama school and been an instant Hollywood superstar, I would be taking long, leisurely holidays.

I'm not interested in building wealth, which is kind of naive and probably frowned on, living in America. It's something that people don't necessarily understand, but if I die poor, I die poor.

I love being grungy and dirty.

The problem with me is I read everything, but it's only the bad stuff that stays with me. It's weird, you only need to be told something once and it stays with you.

Unfortunately, my love life is nil. I'm working too much - but I would like to settle down at some point.

Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them.

You actually, waste time when you cry over wasted time. Time should be a guide that helps you focus. All you should worry about is ageing with unfinished business.

It doesn't mean, ' she shrugged. 'It just is

It’s a law of survival, isn’t it?—to seek the best. I didn’t come for your sake. I came for mine.

I'm a mom first. That's all I really care about - being a good mom and a good wife. The writing always comes second for me.

Strange as it may seem, wrote Richard Feynman, we understand the distribution of matter in the interior of the Sun far better than we understand the interior of the Earth.

The next-most difficult thing in the world is to get perspective. The most difficult is to keep it.

Don't even think for a moment that you are not going to die.

Therefore a victorious army first wins and then seeks battle; a defeated army first battles and then seeks victory.