Vin Diesel is the best kisser in the world, better than anyone else I've ever had. The most attractive thing about Vin is his brain. That's his most attractive muscle.

What you might see as depravity is, to me, just another aspect of the human condition.

Why did I spend all these years playing boring Europeans? I was made for action movies.

I have nothing in my life besides my work. I am obsessed with it. I leave my house only when I'm forced to.

I was made for action movies.

I tend to be a lazy actress, unless I'm pushed.

Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think you need to do that.

I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.

Italy to me is like the mean mother. Whatever I do, it's never good enough. People say I'm the queen of Cannes, but in Italy I get turned down for work.

I want to be adopted by the French. I want to go to live in Paris.

I always saw myself as really ugly. My father even told me I was ugly because I would shave my head and look like a boy.

Listen within to find shining poetry and hear extraordinary music. You are a work of art.

Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men -- the other 999 follow women.

Perpetual Optimism is a Force Multiplier.

I had no blood relatives till I made some.

Lots of times you can feel as an exile in a country that you were born in.

I like going out and I like being single, but a growing part of me would rather just stay home, cook food with someone I really like, and do nothing.

A way of life that keeps saying 'Around the next corner, above the next step,' works against the natural order of things and makes it so difficult to be happy and good.

The lofty pine is oftenest shaken by the winds; High towers fall with a heavier crash; And the lightning strikes the highest mountain.

Can you imagine the impact on our own culture if American Christians began using their riches as if they belonged to God?

Great. Just great. One glimpse of his body and I have a full-blown crush. I honestly thought I was a bit deeper than that.