Actors say they do their own stunts for the integrity of the film but I did them because they looked like a lot of fun.

I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

If you chase something too desperately, it eludes you.

When I was a student I was very, very ambitious, completely immersed in my comedy career. I never had that period of reckless hedonism that you should get out of your system in your youth.

I don't like big feet. It reminds me of gammon.

If things don't come easy to you, you have to pull a rabbit out of a hat.

Me, myself, personally, I like to keep myself private. I have never said I am a paragon of virtue, a model of morality. I simply do what I do.

The truth is somewhere in the middle of funny and serious.

The trick is always to write in pairs because if at least two people find it funny, you've immediately halved the odds of it not being funny.

I think if you try to look for something to show off as an actor, vanity can get the better of you.

I am of the very last generation who didn't have computers at school. As we grow old we'll become something of an aberration.

The great secret about goals and visions is not the future they describe but the change in the present they engender.

We do not stop dreaming and producing because we grow old

I'm not feisty. But when you're as small as I am and female if you don't stand up for your rights, you're sure to be pushed around by big, hairy, smelly men with delusions about male superiority.

Chloe leans back in the leather recliner trying to recall the name of the person she murdered.

I think preaching equality among unequals is the worst form of discrimination.

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer.

I moved to leave, and Dylan actually grabbed me by my shoulders. I was so surprised that I forgot to karate-chop his elbows and break his arms.

I haven't been approached to do anything, but I would certainly make room for it. It was a really fun time.

The essence of forgiveness is seeing our humanness and seeing that we all have our limitations and follies.

Love is support, kindness, and warmth. That's all I have so far; I'm still figuring it out.