I think opera has gained a kind of glamorous appeal. It's a live performance that aligns all of the arts and when it is represented in the media in film in particular it is presented as something that is really a special event whether it's a great date or something that's just hugely romantic.

I don't think that digital photography is romantic yet. It's not sympathetic the way that film is.

I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously.

It's a very romantic sentiment but to think that you would die if you didn't write well I would definitely choose to not write and live.

I'm probably a bit romantic about it but I think we humans miss having contact with fire. We need it.

Even actresses that you really admire like Reese Witherspoon you think 'Another romantic comedy?' You see her in something like 'Walk the Line' and think 'God you're so great!' And then you think 'Why is she doing these stupid romantic comedies?' But of course it's for money and status.

And I think maybe all women if they just had a chance would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love.

I confess I am a romantic. I love romance and I think it's really fun and delicious and some of my favorite films are love stories. I think that you just get a chance to fall in love with the characters so much and you get to explore their lives so deeply.

I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

I think I'm a romantic person yeah.

The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible.

People expect me to be dark and gloomy then write that I'm a jolly chap and after all that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies my name would be pretty low down on the list.

If I eat a huge meal and I can get the girl to rub my belly I think that's about as romantic as I can think of.

I think I've only done one horror movie Psycho III. That was a walk in the park compared to a romantic comedy.

I think in general romantic comedies tend to take one person's point of view but every once in a while you get something that is balanced for two people.

Well I think first it was rare for me to do anything that had any kind of a romantic note to it.

I think romantic comedy when done right is my favorite genre. It's just a genre that's very human.

I think as a young actress it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.

I don't get off on romantic parts. But I often think if I had had my dental work done early on well maybe.

As far as the lack of hits goes I think perhaps it's because I've played a lot of different roles and have not created a persona that the public can latch on to. I have played everything from psychopathic killers to romantic leading men and in picking such diverse roles I have avoided typecasting.

It is really rare to find someone you really really love and that you want to spend your life with and all that stuff that goes along with being married. I am one of those lucky people. And I think she feels that way too. So the romantic stuff is easy because you want them to be happy.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

I used to try to draw my girlfriends. I think one of the most romantic things that anybody can do is draw a portrait of the person you love.