One of my foolish qualities is to jump boldly, and then think about it later.

Honestly, I do spend most of my time between films trying to get the next one made.

If I like a film, I usually appreciate the way it was made the first time.

My guiltiest pleasure is reading a novel with a glass of wine. I love to read voraciously. I always have. And I love to lose myself in a good book.

I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.

As someone who tried to be great. I don't know if one ever gets to greatness, but I've put in a good effort, and will continue to do so.

I'm able to inspire other people, to see the potential of a career, they can look to me and see that they can do it.

If I was not a film-maker I'd probably be a musician. I like Kanye West, Jay-Z, R&B, classical, jazz and all kinds of music, but I'd say soulful World Music is my favorite.

Find the will power and begin to chase your dreams.

But there are a few people in your life who become so much a part of you that it feels like you're missing a limb when they're gone.

We need a safe place, a reserve of truth, a place where words kindle ideas and set ideas sparking off in others, a word sanctuary. Poetry is this gathering place of words.

Going to prison is like dying with your eyes open.

Symbol systems cannot simply be rejected; they must be replaced. Where there is no replacement, the mind will revert to familiar structures at times of crisis, bafflement, or defeat.

Britannia's shame! There took her gloomy flight, On wing impetuous, a black sullen soul . Less base the fear of death than fear of life. O Britain! infamous for suicide.

I don't keep a dog and bark myself.

Poverty is good for nothing, except perhaps for football.

Anyone from abroad will tell you that it is the class system that really lies at the root of our problems, economic and industrial. The House of Lords symbolises that.

Is life a boon? If so, it must befall That Death, whene'er he call, Must call too soon.