Onstage I'm always different than offstage. I can be very friendly offstage, but onstage I will pull one trick after another on my competition to wipe him out, you know-because it's my living and I have to win. Franco is my best friend, but I will do as much as I can to make him look bad and make me look good.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.

I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.

I can multitask very well. But I know exactly when to block off anything coming in from the outside and just stay focused on the film.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

If it can bleed, we can kill it.