You don't have to be brilliant at everything. You just have to have the courage to put yourself in the line of fire.

It is brilliant going to the theatre and being forced to sit and listen and think about life. It can be almost a near-religious experience.

When I'm panicked about my love handles, I go to the YMCA and get obsessed with Kid Rock videos as I'm on the running machine.

I did my homework and didn't go out much, and had a very highly developed kitsch fantasy life where I dreamed of being a dancing girl.

Los Angeles is like a beauty parlor at the end of the universe.

You are exposing yourself all the time as an actor. There's the risk of being thought of as bad or boring or unattractive.

So far I haven't really been prominent enough to get critical attention focused on me. So, of course, I fully expect bad reviews, but I will be wracked with misery as a result.

I want any excuse to come home. My dad is not a spring chicken any more. If anyone says, 'Go buy a postage stamp in London,' I'll go and do it.

Breakfast is my favorite meal. I cook a big one for everyone - bacon and eggs. I own a lot of eggcups.

51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!

I already feel a bit annoyed at myself for writing screenplays. It's a bit, I don't know, model-singer-dancer-actress that went to a posh school. There's something too weirdly predictable about it.

If we spend enough time dreaming, then the dream might eventually become real.

Man is a social animal.

I am commanded therefore I am.

The hardship, the fighting against vigilance should stop, and terrorism should be fought decisively.

History showed that many people had lost their respect for any religion that had relied upon the support of government to spread its faith.

The English are polite by telling lies. The Americans are polite by telling the truth.

War makes its own morals.

You sense that he's dangerous but don't now why - and wonder if it's because he makes you feel safer than you've ever felt.

We are committed to free access and free practice, to the members of the other two religions, to the holy shrines in Jerusalem. To the Muslims, to the Christians.

You can disagree without being disagreeable.