All that either of us has is right now and we should pay attention to that.

I mean normally you have your agent call the other agent and all the agents talk and then finally you get a phone call and you hear some misrepresentation of what someone else had to say.

We've become much more casual and much more relaxed in social interactions, where there was a formality and maybe a kind of respect at that time that doesn't exist now.

I don't smoke and I don't drink alcohol.

This city can be kind of brutal, so you see your dreams from every different angle, but ultimately it's about acting and if you enjoy acting, you will always enjoy acting.

To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.

Yeah I think Pitch Black was edgy, I think that's what worked for our film.

I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because you just exaggerate the pieces that stand out to you.

I had a friend, and we always used to pretend to be twins. We had this fantasy about going to Hollywood together. We were about four.

I want to be a blonde vampire. Catherine Deneuve was a blonde vampire, and she was my favourite vampire ever.

I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.

Being grateful for what you have is the key to peace and happiness.

The reason is that Chile is the brightest spot in Latin America. It has very fast growth, low unemployment. It privatized its Social Security system, which we in USA were unable to do.

Being an actor is an extension of telling a story and I loved story telling as a child.

Busyness is now the social norm that people feel they must conform to, Burnett says, or risk being outcasts.

My soul is not my own any more. I cannot live like I want to. I am going to give up films.

I'm starting a new chapter in my [[life], and you have no idea how much that means.

Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A fullblown storm where everything changes.

Cultivate an ever-continuous power of observation. Wherever you are, be always ready to make slight notes of postures, groups and incidents.

Candide is one of those books I read when I was young and that I come back to regularly.

The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.