I arrived in Hollywood without having my nose fixed, my teeth capped, or my name changed. That is very gratifying to me.

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

I find George Bush and Dick Cheney frightening, Donald Rumsfeld and John Ashcroft frightening.

Art is the signature of a generation; artists have a way of defining the times.

Art finds a way to be constructive. It becomes heat in cold places; it becomes light in dark places.

Men are allowed to have passion and commitment for their work... a woman is allowed that feeling for a man, but not her work.

If I hear a record once, I usually never listen to it again. I rarely listen to music - unless it's Billie Holiday.