"Being generous or doing things for others actually makes me feel good so I don't do it because I hope karma will come round and get me and I'll benefit from it."

"If I were given a choice between two films and one was dark and explored depraved, troubled or sick aspects of our culture, I would always opt for that over the next romantic comedy."

"I find America falling in love with a TV show flattering and interesting, but at the same time a little sad."

"With the success of the last three or so years, when a lot of people start treating you differently, there's a danger that you may start to think of yourself differently. You rely on your friends to say, 'Hey, wake up!'"

"It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen."

"It is a humble truth that knowledge is the gathering of scattered facts; wisdom is the synthesis of lived experience."

"Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience."

"Expectancy is the atmosphere for miracles."