You don't always have to look in the distance for what's going on over there, when you actually see what's right in front of you.

The size of a studio film lets you see technology in a way that you wouldn't on an independent film, like the gadgets and the angles and all that.

It's all about the director for me; we have to click. It's a trust thing. I'll say I'm ready to let down my walls. I'll cry for you as long as you need. But you're going to have to hug me afterwards.

What's exciting about watching a movie, when it's finished, is you sometimes you don't recognize yourself, and that's when I'm really proud.

On an independent film, you really learn about pace. You have so little time to do things, that you really have to know your scenes.

For a woman, body image is always a palpable thing. Weirdly, for me, the only time I don't care is when I'm in character.

I'm not someone who doesn't want to see the films, but I like to see them as an end product when the whole nuance of the character is put together.

When I go home to England, my friends all make fun of me for sounding American.

That's the great thing about the 'Sin City' movies. Each little slot is incredibly meaningful, and each character has their own moment.

You know, I do projects that I really care about. I hope I'll stand by that until the day I die!

If people want to criticize a performance, that I understand. I think that's important.

Getting through the nights is the toughest part. Being alone. Not having her there to talk to.

I find beauty in melancholy.

Friendship of a kind that cannot easily be reversed tomorrow must have its roots in common interests and shared beliefs.

And we owe science to the combined energies of individual men of genius, rather than to any tendency to progress inherent in civilization.

You're generally better off sticking with what you know.

I calculate that I took 20,000 punches, but I earned millions and kept a lot of it. I may talk slow, but my mind is OK.

You have a choice everyday... You can choose every morning whether you will be depressed and miserable, or whether you will be happy.

A woman's greatest glory is to be little talked about by men, whether for good or ill.

John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody's compensating for his small government.

The favourite bumper sticker in Washington D.C. right now is one that says 'First Iraq, then France'