Things either become unclear in a story or they're just ambiguous with no real point. So defined gray area with clarity that also works in the narrative, that's tricky.

Acting is not about being famous, it's about exploring the human soul.

If you're an actor, you have to find a way to make peace with all the media attention.

I am really looking forward as I get older and older, to being less and less nice.

I still remember the five points of salesmanship: attention, interest, conviction, desire and close.

We want to be seen for who we really are, and each person has his own complex story and reasons for doing what they do.

I love watching people listen. And on film often some of the best moments if you think about favorite moments on film, often the person isn't even talking.

Oh, honey, I'm from Oklahoma! This is who I am - middle-class all the way!

Some people say talent is energy and that's a very interesting way of thinking about it. In other words, people with talent have a lot of energy.

We're not all evil or all good, and we all make mistakes to one degree or another.

I've always been pretty levelheaded. In show business you need to have a certain internal stability.

The fact that my continuous and public rejection of Christianity does not worry me in the least should suggest to you just how inadequate I think your reasons for being a Christian are.

Until all the files are released, former officials and CIA personnel will continue to say or imply that Fidel killed JFK, thus perpetuating the fifty-plus-year Cold War with Cuba

Fate seems to be taking me in some even stranger directions.

When I was a teacher, teachers would come into my classroom and admire my desk on which lay nothing whatever, whereas theirs were heaped with papers and books.

Words are like diamonds. Polish them too much, and all you get are pebbles.

One does not become a guru by accident.

I've just always been a bit of a dork.

Every poor designer can go with things that are popular at the moment.

She was what we used to call a suicide blonde - dyed by her own hand.

for some reason Gale and Peeta do not coexist well in my thoughts.