When you're forced to watch something in school, you never really enjoy it, you sort of rebel against it in a certain way.

What is life unless you're having a good time? I don't really have a plan; I just try to dip my toes in different ponds.

The most romantic things are very small, kind gestures from people you love.

As an actor, Hollywood would be a horrible place to go if you weren't actually invited.

I've always had a social awareness. My favorite channel on TV is BBC News 24. For a while, I had to have it on repeat in my house. I've always been interested in what's going on in the world.

On a Friday night, I like to go out because my friends, who have been working normal hours, just want to let go after a stressful week at work.

We live in a beauty-obsessed age and success sometimes appears to hinge solely on the presentation of an image that is acceptable to the press.

For the moment, whenever I read, it is normally scripts. You start a book and then you think, 'I should be reading these five scripts.

The negative about acting is that you have to spend a great deal of time away from your friends and loved ones.

I'd imagine a great date would be to go skiing. Imagine going skiing. Go ski with someone, if they can ski.

I think it's more important to seek the truth than to try and be perfect, to be honest.

One must be honest with himself. Then it will be much better than it is now.

The mind is the ultimate hallway to the world

I was extremely moved by the plight of Tsunami victims and I was inspired to try to make a difference.

I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.

I have always wanted to be either a cinematographer or a veterinarian.

There are no easy answers, there's only living through the questions.

If marathoners finish they win.

His quiet certainty made the ground beneath my feet feel solid. Like someday everything might actually be okay.

Am I really a person who lives by faith? God can surely tell the difference between someone who walks in darkness and someone who walks with her eyes shut. Which am I?

It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.