“A true friend never asks of you what they know you would never ask of them.”

This is not true. Complex human problems typically require complex solutions with many different components.

What am I supposed to do if I go bald? Get a wig? Fat, goofy, gay, wig.

Civilians’ is a term I love. It’s what Elizabeth Hurley used to describe people who weren’t on TV.

When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys over there.

I might as well get a piano and start an Elton John tribute act!

And me and the fat kids over here. Those kids were fat! One girl had to be cut out a hula hoop.

I had to have a brace because I had big teeth. If I’d gone to Africa I would have got poached.

All change requires effort and sacrifice. Sometimes action plans fail because they are based on the idea that there is a ‘magic bullet’ which on its own can solve our problems.

Finally he closed the distance between us and kissed me – a sweet, gentle kiss that held within it every single one of the thousand days I’d loved him as my everything, long after I’d begun to love him as a friend.

I feel the same way about all my friends. To me, the exact relationship between me and someone else doesn’t matter much. But people want to label everything… So I guess I seem indifferent in that way.

I was never part of that cliquey girl drama. Most of my friends were guys growing up, so I was never part of that whole toxic energy. It seemed like way too much hassle.

It’s customary when great events happen that the U.S. punishes its friends and rewards its enemies.

I’m really into boxing. I go to a gym and I’m friends with a trainer who’s a pretty famous boxing trainer and I train with him.

It is exciting to be off to a new land with a new friend.

The most memorable people in life will be the friends who loved you when you weren’t very lovable.

I loved working with Meryl Streep twice and I’ve gotten to work with my friend Liam Neeson on several occasions.