Love and respect are the most important aspects of parenting, and of all relationships.

Otherness is a big thing for me. I'm always drawn to characters that live lives that I couldn't lead.

Cruelty might be very human and very cultural, but it is not acceptable and it is not an option.

All of the thinking and planning that you do to get there, and then, in one minute, in one second, it just doesn't matter. It goes out the window. You either got it or you didn't. There is something kind of refreshing about that.

Let how you live your life stand for something, no matter how small and incidental it may seem.

I don't find acting and directing schizophrenic, in any way. I find it completely easy to move between the two.

Now apparently I'm told that every celebrity is expected to honour the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance and a prime-time reality show.