Here’s what I think. We all want someone to build a fort with. We want somebody to swap crayons with and play hide-and-seek with and live out imaginary stories with. We start out getting that...

Big events, small, mundane moments of the day–it doesn’t matter; the past will find a way to squeeze into the present–if you let it.

Our lives can hold just so much. If they’re filled with one thing, they can’t be filled with another. We ought to do a lot of thinking about what we want to fill them with.

Take a person like Julia Roberts: she does what she wants.

Estou sempre a fazer isto com as pessoas. Ponho-as de parte antes de as conhecer, ou acho que a simpatia, um certo tipo de abertura, é uma forma de fraqueza

I was named after my two grandmothers – Julia Elizabeth.

Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas’ ‘Did you?’ ‘I think so. I don’t remember it much, and that’s always a good sign, isn’t it?

My favorite actresses are Cameron Diaz, Julia Roberts and Julie Andrews.