I dig my heels in every now and then, and think 'I'm not going to do what's expected or what people think is the right thing.' So I have a little bit of that in my personality.

I find standing and posing for photos very awkward.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.

Violence against women is an appalling human rights violation. But it is not inevitable. We can put a stop to this.

I believe that as much as you take, you have to give back. It's important not to focus on yourself too much.

Forget the past. You can never predict what the future is going to be. Live for the moment.

Even as a child I had a strong relationship with yearning and desire. And loss. Those things spoke to me.

I believe the experiences of life are more important than any film you make.

I wear sunscreen, and I don't smoke. I take care of myself. And I'm very proud to say that.

Breathe and don't try to be perfect.

I'm always happy to play the bad girl. I just get to have fun, and it's obviously all done with a smile.

It’s the unknown that draws people.

I don't know how long a child will remain utterly static in front of the television, but my guess is that it could be well into their thirties.

A good, quick, small team can beat a big, slow team any time.

My movies were the kind they show in prisons and airplanes, because nobody can leave.

The decathlon includes ten separate events and they all matter. You can't work on just one of them.

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.

It seems like you can't actually have really bad hair or be bald and run for President of the United States.

Politics is the activity by which the framework of human life is sustained; it is not life itself.

It was strange how the heart clung to hope even when there was no reasonable basis for it, Morgan found. And how life went on.

Books are a languid pleasure.