Baseball is a sport where even the smallest gesture can have a profound impact

Initially it was a journey about one girl who wanted to go to the Paralympics but over the two years it has become something I was doing for everyone else. The reason I wanted to do it so badly was so I could stand here and show it can be done even if you have setbacks.

Actors are limited by their appearance and while it has cost me some roles, it has got me some very important roles too.

Teams expect a lot from an opening batsman. It is a lot of responsibility.

You have to respect your audience. Without them, you’re essentially standing alone, singing to yourself.

Love is pretty important. It’s like wearing a suit of armor. It makes you strong.

The reason why time plays a great part in so many of my tales is that this element looms up in my mind as the most profoundly dramatic and grimly terrible thing in the universe.

I was born to stand out. I don’t care whether or not people will find me attractive on screen. That’s not why I became an actor. I know that more and more with each new role.

You are going to let the fear of poverty govern you life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.

I haven’t died in a movie in a while,’The Departed,’ ‘Body of Lies,’ ‘Revolutionary Road,’ ‘Shutter Island’ and ‘Inception.’ I guess I did die in ‘The Departed.