"Being able to do something that's never been done before, that's what I've always wanted to do. . . . There was nothing that was going to stand in my way of being the first."

“We learned at an early age that it was men's interpretation of our religion that restricted women's opportunities, not our religion itself. Islam in fact had been quite progressive toward women from its inception ...”

Source : Benazir Bhutto (2009). “Daughter of Destiny: An Autobiography”, p.34, Harper Collins

“I just wanna give a big shout out to all the fans out there who have followed my work up until now. You guys are amazing!! Hearing from fans is the best feeling in the world.”

“I have directed good actors and have gone through the process which is more detailed in theater in a way. You have to get people to stay for two or three hours in a performance. They need more talk and rehearsal than in films.”

“I show through my movies that I can do something else. But I always play strong-minded characters. I think it's maybe because I'm like that. I love being by myself.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks.”

Source : "Enjoying life on 'the list'" by Giles Hardie, www.smh.com.au. April 13, 2012.

“My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.”

“If you think of all the publicity about the terrible tragedy of Virginia Tech, we have a Virginia Tech in this country every day. It's just spread across 50 states.”

“I have loved colours, and not flowers;Their motion, not the swallows wings;And wasted more than half my hoursWithout the comradeship of things.”

Source : Arthur Symons (1924). “The collected works of Arthur Symons”