You take a guy like George Clooney who goes out there to Darfur, and gets things done! That's magical. He's done a great thing.

I haven't encouraged [Julia Marie Pacino] or discouraged her. I let her go her own way. I did say to her that I thought that she had a real gift, and it's a good idea to know that. It's always good to go with your gift.

My first language was shy. It's only by having been thrust into the limelight that I have learned to cope with my shyness.

I do believe, and I will always believe, that Shakespeare on film is really something that should be tried more often because it is an opportunity to take the humanity that Shakespeare writes into characters and express it.

All due respect, and trying to be as modest as I can be: I am a dancer.

I personally think if you're given four months instead of four weeks on a play, with the people who want to work that way, the play will invariably be different and stronger, and much more fulfilling and richer on all counts. There's no doubt in my mind about it.

Take a look at Israel's history and you would know who the terrorist is.