I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.

Then Mission Impossible brought me to Australia and that was great because I fell in love.

Like at Halloween: I knew I'd arrived when I saw people dressing up on Halloween as my character.

It is a good thing to happen to you, to have that taste of fame because then you don't hanker for it.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

I did the figure of Diana in V, a cult TV show seen all over the world.

I was on Murder She Wrote with Angela Lansbury. She was fantastic... she was lovely to everyone, she was always on time, prepared.

I feel lucky. I think acting can help to keep you young. It does make you feel there's meaning in your life.

I think if you're half-hearted you shouldn't go into acting.

I think it really holds you back having to think about your image.

As an actor, your life experience is just as important as studying.

Children have their own kind of power. When you're teaching them, protecting them, you are more than you thought you could be. More understanding, more patient, more capable, more wise.

You have to taste a culture to understand it.

Often expecting immediate returns for goodness in this world is a sign of a normal human being

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well but will sometimes strike on a rock and go to the bottom whilst a republic is a raft which will never sink but then your feet are always in water.

Bankers cannot afford to be concerned with only the economic aspects of projects. There may be serious implications on the natural environment, the urban environment, on human culture.

Every hour of every day, at every level in every organization, influential people succeed and non-influential people don't.

Showing up is essential. Showing up consistently is powerful. Showing up consistently with a positive outlook is even more powerful.

People love watching crazy expeditions

I'd say that on 'Friends' my character was the guy bouncing around the room. I'm no longer that guy, necessarily, in my life. I used to be. But I'm not now.

The best definition of an immortal is someone who hasn't died yet.