"I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important."

"You know, right now, they say - I don't know who says this, but somebody told me - there's three male roles to every female role. And I guess I'd work on evening that up. Making great roles for women. It's just such a huge challenge."

"I never really thought I wanted to become a movie star."

"Hollywood studio executives don't recognize the value of female performers as much as male performers."

"Software architecture is the study of the large-scale structure of software systems."

"The triple is the most exciting play in baseball. Home runs win a lot of games, but I never understood why fans are so obsessed with them."

"I won't forget the hood. I won't forget the days of catching a bullet on the way to the mailbox or bricks with death threats that somehow made their way through the window."

"At home I've got a very puerile, juvenile sense of humour."