I grew up playing soccer and it's definitely my first love.

The sad thing is that apparently if you want to become the next Premier or the leader, suddenly you've got to shut down your human side.

People want development. Not everyone knows what it means. Same as jobs. Not everyone knows what a job is, but people want jobs.

I find it hard to settle into a normal, routine environment.

'The Road' was my first American film, my first film in the snow. The first of everything. So, I was jumping into it, and that was pretty grueling.

Sting was a big role model for me, as a bassist and as a songwriter who also sings. I learned a lot from him, and also from Pino Palladino and Tears For Fears.

I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.

A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.

I'll just do my own thing and just keep working hard to play hard.

All human beings deserve equal treatment, no matter their gender identity or sexuality.

Things like putting around a list and having your name on a list that objectifies you, that's a big deal, and it can have big consequences.

A long-running TV series is a beast in that it demands you stick to one character over a long haul.

I'm a lovely person, considerate and loving.

I've heard some writers say things like, 'Well, I'm a professional writer. I only start books I know I can finish.' I look at it maybe the other way: I only want to write books I'm not sure I can...

It is one thing to go on stage and be funny or be in a good place in your career, but for a woman, actually facing the elements in a physical way is a very powerful thing.

I don't have a phone.

Sydney is rather like an arrogant lover. When it rains it can deny you its love and you can find it hard to relate to. It's not a place that's built to be rainy or cold. But when the sun comes out, it...

People told me I made the game look easy and I didn't always look like I was trying my best, but I always was.

Bands develop their own weird ways of doing things.

It's nice to have someone to come home to and get the honest truth about all aspects of life.

The closer the bird is to the surface of the water, the firmer and more inelastic is the uplift of the rising air. The bird appears to almost feel the surface with the tip of its weather wing.

Every word we speak calls on 37 muscles and thousands of nerves. It's not surprising that sometimes these nerves and muscles fail us.

It's hard if you start believing that you should be really that perfect fantasy ideal, that people start believing because of all of the retouching. You can delve into that fantasy world and play with...

I just think it would be super cheesy for this Navy SEAL to start singing.

Pretty much all the drivers I get on with, at least to say 'Hi' and have a conversation. But when the helmet's on, you don't care who it is. You have no sympathy: someone blows an engine in front of...

Those women with collagen lips just look like frogs - 'muffin mouths,' I call them. There's not a line on their brows, and all the emotion gone from their faces, like all those actresses in 'Desperate...