I like the tragedies way more than the comedies because they're so universal.

It's really rare for film directors to be that interested in things other than themselves.

You should *have* an experience; it shouldn't just *be* an experience.

So the experts think we could have an AIDS-free generation in Africa by 2015, even if the mothers are positive.

Sometimes people do you a favour when they drop out of your life.

I think American actors are much more intimidated by Shakespeare.

It's about how you exist as a person in the world, and the idea that your work is more important than you as a person is a horrible, horrible message. I always think about a little gay boy in Wisconsin or a little lesbian in Arkansas seeing someone like me, and if I cannot be open in my life, how on earth can they?