Movies, as evidenced by a chorus of protesting and celebrating Americans, influence broader trends.

What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would like to become in the bigger scheme of things.

I mean, I think a healthy country is a country where people are healthy physically, and a smart country is a country where people are educated.

Suddenly in high school, I'm in a predominantly Jewish atmosphere. Jewish people were my gate to white America.

I see myself as not a typical theater person, but a person who uses the theater as a place to meet people and explore ideas.

I call the language of political figures, pundits and administrators "the haute couture of language."

A lot of acting techniques are very self-oriented.