A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice.

I think the time is right for yoga, we really are living in a very complex time - a time of great turmoil and change. Yoga is a good antidote to all that...It is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it.

Convince an enemy, convince him that he's wrong. To win a bloodless battle, the victory is long. A simple act of faith, reason over might. To blow up his children would only prove him right.

I really wanted to work with David Lynch. I was a big fan of The Elephant Man and Eraserhead.

I do my best work when I am in pain and turmoil.

I was brought up as a Catholic and went to church every week and took the sacraments. It never really touched the core of my being.

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.