When I watch people like Cate Blanchett act, I don't know what is going on in her life, you just get lost in her performance and that's what I hope to do as well.

At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger.

I hold theatre acting in such high esteem that it scares me.

I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.

I keep everything that's private private.

You have to have confidence. You can't be someone who's so insecure that she's a basket case.

I almost envy people who say whatever they want.

It's so different when you change your hair color, you're treated so differently. It's a very funny experience. It's fun, I love changing up my hair.

That's the funniest thing about portraying certain things on screen, sitting next to your parents and they get to see this glimpse of me kissing another guy.

It's sort of interesting how, when you get older, things that were once so important sort of fall away.

You promote your films; it's part of your job. You do the magazine covers and stuff, and then I try to live a really normal life. I definitely don't try to make it into any more craziness than it is.

Forgiveness is freedom. It's something you do for yourself - to keep who you are intact. Now that I think about it - in some ways, it's kind of a selfish act.

What people in the world think of you is really none of your business.

History is often made and buttressed by myths and folklore rather than facts.

Economic and political structures that have a far sweeping impact on the lives of billions is not outside the purview of the gospel's redemptive influence.

Keep going; never stop; sit tight; Read something luminous at night.

God I hear you giving me an earfull but I'm gonna cruise in 5th gear until I'm near you.

Abandonment to God is of more value than personal holiness!

The first farmer was the first man, and all historic nobility rests on possession and use of land.

The kind of event on a conveyor belt that causes a fire occurs in a variety of industrial environments, not uniquely in coal environments.

O leave this barren spot to me! Spare, woodman, spare the beechen tree.