I'd prefer to go under the radar and just do the acting without being famous for it.

Every moment of living has its own logic, its own meaning.

Acting has always been such escapism for me.

It's lovely to work with a group of actors who make you laugh and smile.

When it comes to my work, I'm fearless. I go with my gut.

I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.

I'd love to work on a real girl piece with some fabulous actresses. I feel like I've worked with so many men.

I don't want to be doing fashion shoots and being interviewed about where I shop. Who cares?

I think when you're an actor and you're drawing on your emotions all the time, you need to be quite steady.

The reason I act is because I'm trying to understand why people are as they are.

Every job feels like my first.

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my accent.

It's hard to lose weight when you're dining on the company's money.

It was when I was the age where you can, as they say, "hear voices" without worrying that something is wrong with you. I "heard voices" all the time as a small child.

I'm passing on a tradition of which I am part. There's a long line of poets who went before me, and I'm another one, and I'm hoping to pass that on to other younger, or newer, poets than myself.

Presidents, whether things are good or bad, get the blame. I understand that.

You can't repeat things because each time is different. The universe has changed. Everything has changed.

Music is more objective, I think, than a lot of art is, but a surprising amount of it is cultural.

The French would eat anything that couldn't outrun them.

I'm not living off of any taxpayer money. If I am - if it's food stamps, it's a temporary resource.

All systems require myths for their longevity.