"History is not a nightmare from which. I am trying to awaken, but rather, a glorious tale which I wish to be cast in."

“To the scientists of the Renaissance, your critic was really your ally, helping you advance upon reality. Critics in science are not like drama critics, determining flops and successes. Criticism to scientists is just another means of finding out whether they're wrong, like running another experiment to see if it confirms or refutes a theory. Along with the advocacy principle of the courtroom, it is one of the best ways human beings have evolved to get closer to the truth.”

“In France, I would like to worth with Patrice Chereau, who made Queen Margot.”

“People can stand around and share movement with each other, whether it's professional or not. That's how it grows. That's what dance does. It's its own language.”

“Everybody is somewhere.”

“Familial love can find an echo in our own hearts just as it did in that of Charles Dickens.”

“Nothing is orderly till man takes hold of it. Everything in creation lies around loose.”

“I get them [auditions] from time to time, and I sometimes get auditions for big dramas, and I often think, well, I'm not going to get that part. This was a big surprise - it was The X-Files.”

“What happens when corn and wheat prices rise is that we see real increases in malnutrition and under-nutrition. And when children are malnourished, their brain development actually slows down and is affected. So this is not just a short-term impact.”

Source : "World Bank Issues Alarming Climate Report". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. December 7, 2012.