I think the best acting is when you allow yourself to be kind of vulnerable in the moment.

Getting older is a struggle. I always feel that just under the surface of acceptance and enjoyment of the ageing process is a terrible hysteria just waiting to burst out.

I don't do the whole L.A. nightlife thing.

When you look at all the miracles attributed to Jesus, they're all about change.

Acting itself is quite scary. Some people say that actors are show-offs, very egotistical and all that kind of stuff, but it is quite scary.

I suppose I'm something of an eccentric dresser.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

No matter how difficult things are, and no matter how much grief and loss there is, you can turn it into something positive.

I love being able to play as many different characters, in as many different worlds as I possibly can. That's what I really enjoy.

I'm a huge fan of science fiction and fantasy - not so much horror because I get a bit scared.

I am prone to get carried away thinking about creative projects.

When choosing a profession, a person will have good incentive for personal development by choosing such a profession that represents a personal challenge.

How can it be that there is such a colossal gap between what we think we know about grief and mourning and what we actually find out when it comes to us?

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable.

Germany collapsed as a result of having engaged in a struggle for empire with the concepts of provincial politics.

O Mary, you give assistance to everyone endeavoring to rise to God!

Torment, for some men, is a need, an appetite, and an accomplishment.

Most ballet teachers in the United States are terrible. If they were in medicine, everyone would be poisoned.

Many are the thyrsus-bearers, but few are the mystics.

I wanted to scientize myth and mythologize science.

Four: Be brave Tris. The first time is always the hardest.