"When I was little, I used to work with my dad on the engine of his car. Mostly this was a matter of me handing him wrenches."

"My dad is this very sensible guy who never let me feel that anything was beyond my station."

"I know as an actor there is a certain liberation auditioning for a role that has no beauty requirements."

"I actually was class clown, but I don't know how that happened because I've never been considered an outwardly funny person-as the people in this room will attest."

"It's interesting that whenever I meet some of the other Bond girls, I always have something in common, and it is an interesting sorority. We all share about our Bonds. 'Did your Bond do that?' 'Yes mine did!' So it is quite funny conversations. We may as well be in high school."

"If I can make a teacher's salary doing comedy, I think that's better than being a teacher."

"If you meet a woman in a burqa, she can't reply to your smile. It's a denial of identity."