The Palestinian conflict is the glass ceiling of Israel's economy.

Hamas's strategy is resistance and survival. As long as they survive, this is a victory.

The Iranians are abusing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to gain more support from radical elements in the region.

The state of Israel, and a government under me, will make it a strategic objective to topple the Hamas regime in Gaza. The means for doing this should be military, economic, and diplomatic.

I got into the Shanghai Drama Institute because my parents, like all parents, want their children to have good grades and to go to a good college. I became a college student because of them.

My mother wanted me to be a writer. But she was a child of the Depression and never understood that she wasn't poor. So, you know, the idea of not having a job, it would creep through. But she tried very hard to be subtle about it.

That's my family; we have a very British sense of humour, very dry.

My family is very theatrical.