Microfinance stands as one of the most promising and cost-effective tools in the fight against global poverty.

I'd have to say no, people don't change, but they can learn to behave differently.

I definitely want to go on acting for as long as I can find employment. I'm never happier than when I'm on a film set. I just want to keep working.

Even the 'Today' programme involves a balance between the worthy-but-heavy items with the worthless-but-entertainingly-light ones.

I think we get the world we deserve. People who love get love back, and people who hate, or fear, they get those back too.

Drink was the most fearsome of deceivers ... for it promised one thing and came through with quite another.

When I first had a video camera to document a performance, it was in Sweden and I remember it was really crucial for me.

I used to write things that might have sounded better coming out of an older person's voice or vision. Hence, "grandpa-boy." I'm an old man, but I'm a boy. A really old boy!

An enemy to whom you show kindness becomes your friend.

The worst thing a girl can do is trail after a boy when a love affair is dead.

The struggle for your own character is the struggle for the nation's character.