You can only desire something that you've already had in your life.

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

I think we should stop drinking bottled water. There's no need to be drinking it if you're living in western communities. The other thing I would suggest - and I feel it particularly here in Australia, because we have very severe drought - is to be aware of how much you're actually consuming. Right now, it's very rainy, but that doesn't mean we can drink all the water we want. Conserving and constantly thinking, "how much do I really need?" should definitely be part of our vocabulary.

I think part of the disappointing failure of the political process in America today is that it's asking us to forget countries' historic connections to other countries, or to the laws that have been made. They're willfully asking people to forget their country's history, and focus only on the present. It's bizarre.

Onscreen, babies and animals are my inspiration. They're so alive and there and not messed up in the head the way I am.

All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.

When something is a vocation, you don't really make a decision about it.