"When we look down at the Earth from space we see this amazing, indescribably beautiful planet; it looks like a living, breathing organism. But it also, at the same time, looks extremely fragile"

“It is very hard to be in love with someone who no longer loves you, but it is far worse to be loved by someone with whom you are no longer in love.”

“I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable.”

Source : Interview with David Colman, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.

“Government by three men in a room has turned New York State into a national symbol of governmental dysfunction. Enough is enough!”

“I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.”

Source : "Takeshi Kitano: Silent superstar" by Dean Irvine, edition.cnn.com. October 23, 2008.

“Despite what I feel for Peeta, this is when I accept deep down that he'll never come back to me. Or i'll never go back to him. I'll die for my trouble. And he'll die insane and hating me.”

“It can be easy for an actor to go "Well I really have to do a lot" and then just saying "I don't need to do anything, I'm not bound to do anything".”

“Each system is trying to anticipate change in the environment.”

“Never explain, never complain.”