What I like doing these days is spending more time with coaches because I think it's important to work on yourself.

Music was a big thing for me growing up and Scorsese and Tarantino both use music brilliantly in movies. They're probably two of the best at using music.

I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.

I don't think I'm ugly, but I never thought I was that special.

I want to be 82 and doing movies with Paolo Sorrentino where people are like, "This is gold."

I like going to see live bands. Live bands can be quite heavy, but I think it's very relaxing at the same time because you feel so happy and chilled-out.

My job isn't about pursuing fame and then becoming an actor. It's about becoming an actor and if fame follows suit, that's fine.

I'm not good at just sitting around waiting for the phone to ring, hoping that the perfect role is going to turn up.

When I'm putting the character together I try to find music that I think fits the character.

There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.

If I look at the people that I look up to, a lot of them don't come to the forefront until their early to mid-30s. I think the most exciting roles are definitely yet to come.

I cannot see you anymore. Your ego spans higher than the Himalayas.” Sutara

Failure starts a future success, if you become better.

Although no one believes me, I have always been a country girl and still have a country girl's values

Books don't prattle. Books don't make demands. Yet they give you everything they possess. It's a very satisfying partnership.

Chicago's such a great city because it's got so many different brilliantly architecturally looking buildings, and you can really modify that city.

We are a debtor nation, and we owe now $19 trillion and it's going to go up very fast by the way from this point.

We find no sense in talking about something unless we specify how we measure it; a definition by the method of measuring a quantity is the one sure way of avoiding talking nonsense.

I wish food was falling from the sky.

Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.

Many dedicated endurance athletes don’t need to be told what to do – they need to be told what not to do.