...if we get the right kind of energy, there are endless amounts. I think we should be developing every kind of alternative fuel that is available to us. That includes hydrogen to soybeans, from solar to wind. Whatever we can find that is going to help us clean up the environment we should be working really hard on developing.

Literacy could be the ladder out of poverty

Part of acting is having the security to turn yourself loose and let yourself go in order to reach whatever depths a character has. If your guts aren't hanging out there, you don't offer anything.

The best way to guarantee a loss is to quit.

When I was a teenager, I began to settle into school because I'd discovered the extracurricular activities that interested me: music and theater.

I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter.

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.