I feel that all of us can contribute something, and it doesn't have to be money. It can just be service or talent.

Everything big-budget or stereotypical I was offered after 'Slumdog Millionaire' was a huge no-no.

Young women who want an education will not be stopped

I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.

As the worlds getting filled with temptations, were getting a bit frivolous and a bit fickle.

I'll never forget where I'm from. It's essential to remain humble and evolving.

More than anything else, if you can spend a great deal of dedicated time observing people without judgment, that can be a great way of learning.

The only thing I can pride myself on is making a really good breakfast.

One of my favorite actors is Javier Bardem, he always challenges his previous roles, and basically does the unexpected.

I think it's important to be extremely proud of one's origins, especially when you are a foreign actress with ethnic features.

Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.

You can never hurt anyone without hurting yourself.

I always wanted to be a young mom, but generations of women have worked so hard so we can have a career and wait to have children. So I say carpe diem - take advantage of that.

One must not speak of such things. One is still scarred from that experience.

Life is supplied with a basic adequacy.

Explain nothing. Put it there. Say it. Leave.

to be sure, marriage is all in all with the ladies; but with us gentlemen it's quite another thing!

I was absolutely shocked, appalled and ashamed when I heard about the Milly Dowler case only two weeks ago.

I am not a composer of music; I sing pieces which have been written for me which gives me bigger freedom to search for pieces I want to record.

Movies are different from books and you need to be open to go into that difference.

Failing is a judgment that we humans place on a given action. Rather than judgment, substitute this attitude: You cannot fail, you can only produce results.