I can't know what I'm going to do before I'm in front of the lens. And I think that sort of makes it exciting.

I never imagined it wouldn't work out for me. I had that absolute certainty in myself that has seen me through, I think, and my parents were absolutely behind me all the way.

Above all things I believe in love.

My heart aches completely, every hour, every day, and only when I'm with you does the pain go away.

Then, one day, when you least expect it, the great adventure finds you.

The beautiful thing about it is that no two directors or actors work the same way. You also learn not to be afraid of discussion and conflict.

I want to wear skinny jeans when I'm in my 70s. Why not? Who cares?

I really want to play Princess Leia. Stick some big pastries on my head. Now, that would be interesting.

...as an actor there's nothing better than a great moody moment to play with nothing to say. It's so much easier to do because you can really get inside your head.

I find politicians so desperately boring. I don't trust them and don't believe in them.

What matters most with any regimen, whether it's to lose weight or stop drinking or smoking, is your willingness to seek help and your desire to say 'no more.

When you separate thought from life, you get philosophy.

Clever women are hard to intimidate.

Secrets and lies… Everyone in the world deals with these every day of their lives. To protect themselves. To protect someone else. It is all in the way that you look at the situation.

if God starts it as alfa then he will end it as omega

Democracy is not about making speeches. It is about making committees work.

I'm fully aware had I stayed with my art, I would be well known, respected and most likely rich.

I've never learned to drive because I get lots of ideas when I'm a passenger in a car. I love to get in a car with a driver and just think and work things out.

I emphasise the following: don't, whatever happens, be anyone but yourself. Don't act anyone else - that would be fatal.

Nelson Mandela once said "I can't help it if the ladies take note of me; I'm not going to protest."

Beware of making a fetish of consistency to your convictions instead of being devoted to God.