Alejandro Amenábar has a unique way of approaching movies and thinking about something which was new to me. It was different. I have a lot of respect for him so I just took a gamble.

I did one sci-fi movie. I did 'Gattaca.' I liked 'Gattaca' because that was always the kind of science fiction I really dug, the non-action oriented sci-fi.

Life's hard. It's supposed to be. If we didn't suffer, we'd never learn anything.

In New York, you've got Donald Trump, Woody Allen, a crack addict and a regular Joe, and they're all on the same subway car.

Read. It makes you more intelligent. It’s that simple. We all see the universe through the tiny keyhole of our own eyes, and every book is another keyhole from which you can gaze.

Success isn't measured by what you achieve, it's measured by the obstacles you overcome.

Don't you find it odd," she continued, "that when you're a kid, everyone, all the world, encourages you to follow your dreams. But when you're older, somehow they act offended if you even try.

I met a lot of famous people when I was about 24. And none of them seemed very appealing. And so I didn't know why I would struggle to be that kind of person.

There is no trick to writing a believable love story, a heartbreaking scene or real-sounding dialogue. All you need is to tell the truth. It’s always heartbreaking.

The older I get, the more I realize how rare it is to meet a kindred spirit.

I'm horrified to admit that I just love Salinger. I was devastated to find out that other people feel the same way.

When citizens of a country or nation believe in superstitions or dogma, they will inevitably suffer from tremendous misery or tragedy.

So...what do you want to do?"He didn't even have to think about it."Kiss you again.

Always it gave me a pang that my children had no lawful claim to a name.

You'd have to be kind of a bonehead not to feel pressure.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

In recent times Italy have been in a World Cup final every 12 years and I hope to still be there in 2018.

Somewhere we turn ourselves into victims instead of being the powerful women we really are meant to be.

But she named the infant "Pearl," as being of great price-purchased with all she had-her mother's only treasure!

There can be no truer faith than the one you might have in yourself.

Humans are very good at making algorithms work eventually.