I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.
I'd been trying for a while to get parts that weren't just the English bad guy, so it was quite refreshing to be playing someone who was a compassionate, decent guy.
I'm a bit of a worrier, to an extreme. I'll crack a joke, then worry if I've offended someone - even when they're laughing. I have a guilt complex, always worrying.
I wouldn't mind someone lobbing hand grenades at me, but having to reset the timer on the video recorder puts me into a blood-spitting frenzy.
You can NEVER be like someone else! Just be yourself and you will find that you'll be much happier that way and accomplish more as well.
Get yourself into every audition that you can. Even in those for smaller roles, you'll never know when someone may recommend you for a bigger one.
The elderly are all someone's flesh and blood and we cannot just shut them in a cupboard and hand over the responsibility for taking care of them to the state.
Opposites attract, and I think temperament is so fundamental that you end up craving someone of the opposite temperament to complete you.
One of the most memorable things I hear is when someone tells me that my books got a reluctant reader to read.
Letter writing can be seen as a gift because someone has taken his/her time to write and think and express love.
When you argue with someone, you always argue at the level of the person with the lowest level of intelligence. You never argue up.
Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self-worth. Only YOU can be responsible for it. You have to invest in yourself, or no one else will.
You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else.
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
When I'm done with a book, I always give it to someone with expertise in the topic and tell them to flag all of my stupid mistakes.
I would feel horrible to think I had put my name on a pistol permit and allowed someone to carry around a gun and they committed another crime.
I always have a Sharpie, because usually when someone asks me for an autograph, they don't have a pen. I carry one in my purse, as well as in my tennis bag.
Normal people - i.e., people who aren't actors - are the most bizarre people you can ever come across. I'll talk to someone and come away thinking, 'They are clinically insane.'
People tell me an Olympic medal is a life-changing event. Except I don't even think about the medal unless someone asks about it.
I've been criticised for pretty, smiley photographs, but at least someone is happy! In my mind, I am always giving the image to the sitter.
You give to get. Whether it's helping someone or training a kid, I believe you will be rewarded in some way.
