Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life.

I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

For a long time, I was afraid to be alone. I had to learn how to be alone. And there are still times when I think, Uh-oh! I gotta talk to somebody here or I'm gonna go crazy! But I like to be alone. Now I do. I really do. There's a big luxury in solitude.

In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.

I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.