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Oh, I'm definitely a wild child.
I have a bit of a frustrated dancer in me.
I know it's silly, but I still think I'm 28.
I think I have better taste now than I did then.
I think in my 20s I was just all about having fun.
I'm not happy unless I've got a little bit of fear going.
Female roles in comedies are usually quite silly, I think.
You're always nervous about how a film lands with an audience.
When I had dark hair I definitely felt that I was more anonymous.
I wish I'd started having kids sooner so I could have had a few more.
Maybe in the workplace I have more courage than other areas in my life.
I like complicated women. I like women with strength and contradictions.
It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
Hotels are temporary people storage, no matter how big the boxes are. Remember that.
You have to make peace with yourself. The key is to find the harmony in what you have.
It seems like a lot when you have three movies back to back but that's not really how it is.
I always love being in the company of women. It's all about good conversation and great wine.
Nicole was always there with her door open, her arms open, her ears open - just what you need.
Some movies are the kind you take home with you at the end of the day, and some, you can let go.
As much as my kids keep me young, they also have the reverse effect when I don't have the energy.
I love the energy and the knowledge. I barely know how to use this thing [mobile phone]. I get by.
There's so much focus on celebrity these days; we're in the Kardashian era, and it's slightly scary.
Pain is such an important thing in life. I think that as an artist you have to experience suffering.
I think when a man sees a woman who knows what she wants it can be scary, but it can also be tempting.
I think whether you've got children or not you're just more aware of others as you get out of your 20s.
There's a lot of skeletons in my closet, but I know what they're wearing. I'm not gonna act all ashamed of it.
The biggest place I look for validation is from my mother. That's the little girl in me that will never grow up.
When I was about 14, my family emigrated from England to Australia, and we decided to stop in Bali on the way through.
As you get older, you overthink and can talk yourself out of anything. It's good to be a bit reckless and experimental.
We're so afraid of death in our culture, but I think if we understand it better, then we'll appreciate the life we have more.
I don't think of myself as a terribly confident person. But I have a survival mechanism that was instilled in me by my mother.
Mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up.
My mum put me in drama classes when I was about 14. I'd been going on about it for some time, so maybe it was a way to shut me up.
I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.
Whenever a film allows you to think and feel and take it beyond the moment, I think it's achieved something. And 'Funny Games' does that.
I'm not this dark, twisted person. Yes, I have my demons and this is my way of exorcising them. It gets them out - and better out than in.
If we could just trust the moment that we're in and live it in the way that you best can embrace it, it would be much better for all of us.
I feel like personally I have more drive now than I did then probably because I care more and also because I've reached the mid-life point.
I love being outside with trees and water, lying down somewhere or walking. I do transcendental meditation, which keeps me calm and steady.
What you want, as an actor, is a great leader. I can't bear it when I work with a director who is wishy-washy and says, "What did you think?"
I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore.
I meditate. I do transcendental meditation and I have been doing that for a long time and that does just clear the mind. I am not religious at all.
We're all the same, we all think its better somewhere else; its better being older if you're younger - or its better being younger when we're older.
Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project.
There are no tricks to balancing work and family. It is a struggle all the time, and you just do your best. I think men are much better at compartmentalising.
I was never completely destitute. I think I borrowed money once off a friend, but I've always been quite careful with my money, having come from not much of it.
My spirit had been broken a bit over the years by my having to work on films I didn't love. Hollywood's a surreal place, and it really is an assault on your spirit.
Noah Baumbach writing is really wonderful. I think the way he plays out each character with a unique voice is really impressive, and rhythmically his dialogue works.
The use of violence in movies is a subject that's worth addressing. I'm not standing on a soapbox or wagging a finger, but I'm interested in those subjects for sure.