What occurred to me on [‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’], and also with the passing of her mother, is that there's going to come a time when I'm not going to get to be with this person anymore. I'm not going to get to be with my children anymore. Or friends, people I love and respect. And so, if we have a flare-up, it evaporates now. I don't want to waste time being angry at someone I love.

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.

Let us be the ones who say we do not accept that a child dies every three seconds simply because he does not have the drugs you and I have. Let us be the ones to say we are not satisfied that your place of birth determines your right for life. Let us be outraged; let us be loud; let us be bold.

A family is a risky venture, because the greater the love, the greater the loss... That's the trade-off. But I'll take it all.

We in America have some grand ideals - and some very strong ideals - but a lot of times, those ideals are used for marketing.

I spent the '90s trying to hide out, trying to duck the full celebrity cacophony.

You can’t trap justice. It’s an idea, a belief.