Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

I don't have a story about an epiphany in which I suddenly realised I wanted to be an actor. It was much more a case of the idea dawning on me gradually.

I guess the bigger you dream, the further you have to fall if you don't get it, so it can be a bit of a scary thing to be that ambitious.

The comforting thing for Australian actors is that there's a strong community in L.A. as well - it's almost like you swap one home for another. I didn't feel any pressure.

I definitely try my best not to stay in character when I'm not on set, which can be more difficult in some roles than others.

Kissing in films, it's just another thing you have to do. It kind of becomes as technical as how to open a door, really.

Charlestoning is hard. People were fit in the '20s to be able to do that. I guess they didn't sit in front of their computers all day.

Small is the number of them that see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

There is no eleventh hour with Cosmic Ordering, only the golden hour.

If my name had not been cleared, it would have been difficult, perhaps impossible, to continue as a journalist.

Can't let the music stop, Can't let this feeling end, 'Cause if I do, It'll all be over, And I'll never see you again!

A lot of people loved to hate my character on 24. I want to be the character people love to love.

Men who possess all the advantages of life are in a state where there are many accidents to disorder and discompose, but few to please them.

The sights I have just seen [at Buchenwald] are so unbelievable that I don't think I'll believe them myself until I've seen the photographs.

There are two kinds of directors in the theater. Those who think they are God and those who are certain of it.

I try to make the best of the opportunities that have been given to me.

But there is a need to explore ways we can preserve the promise of Social Security for future generations.