I wish I hadn't worked so hard; I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me; I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings; I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends; and I wish I had let myself be happier. It's an extraordinary list of getting in your own way, isn't it?

One of the great flaws that we all share is that we think everyone else is cooler, everyone else is sexier; everyone else has all the answers. That was me too.

Make sure you tell the people you love that you love them. Loudly and often. You never know when it might be too late.

I truly think any preparation you do only helps and adds dimension and complexity to the work [as an actor].

We are what the past has made us. We are what the future will make us. Live now. Right now.

The character, as written on the page, is just a blueprint for a human being.

I have a little office in my house and it is an absolute pigsty but I know exactly where everything is and there are little things stuck all over the walls, and papers in in-trays and files I have saved on my computer and playlists I have made on my iTunes - things that take me to a place that I think is appropriate.