"Fear and pain and suffering is not OK for any being to feel intentionally at the hands of us."

"I'd date someone younger or older age doesn't matter to me. Or looks, really - it's all about maturity."

"Obviously, a long-distance relationship is hard. But, like anything worth having, you make it work."

"I trust every single person around me, and if I feel even a whiff of uncertainty I won't have that person around me."

"The only failure is not to try."

"My character Lena is somebody who responds to people in a very simple way. I didn't have to take myself off to a darkened room to concentrate, I just had to try and be open. It's an interesting, subtle relationship."

"When I see films made from books, I make a huge effort not to remember the book. It's important to see the film as a film."

"It seems as if an age of genius must be succeeded by an age of endeavour riot and extravagance by cleanliness and hard work."