“To me, success is one’s ability to keep the faith, develop his God-given talents, and be able to honestly say at the close of life, “the world is a better place because I have lived.””

It is my conviction that there is perhaps no single factor more important in a spiritual home and in building spiritual strength in our children than the teaching and practice of prayer.

Nonetheless, we need stout hearts and strong characters; we need knowledge and training; we need organized effort to meet the future.

I don’t think any change in the world has been more significant than the change in the status of women. . . .

This is a wonderful world for women. The richness, the hope, the promise of life today, particularly for women, are exciting beyond belief,

When I finished my A-levels, I assumed I’d be able to get work as an actor. But I couldn’t. I didn’t get an audition. Nothing. So I thought I’d better train and then the parts would come.

I had the privilege of being able to choose, or at least have the opportunity to work at, being anything but an actor.

There is always something about the villains that I’m able to play, quote unquote, that isn’t villainous.

You’ve got to really be able to accept the rejection.

At 15 I had moved out of my parents’ place, and my options were looking pretty narrow. But I had this acting thing and I just wanted to be able to keep going because it was really good. That was all I wanted.

Film is much more visual, a scene is typically a lot shorter, you’re dealing with a lot more characters.

I am not ashamed to reply to you in my mother tongue, however imperfectly, and am glad to be able to show that my fatherland means more to me than anything else

The central bank needs to be able to make policy without short term political concerns.