I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it's up to me.

Your shame will be your torture, and your torture will be your life. I wish it long.

New Orleans has a real spirit. It's the most authentic of all American cities.

It's boredom. No other reason than that.

I got into [producing] to be part of stories that wouldn't necessarily be right for me as an actor.

Democracy doesn't work unless the public is informed.

Any love involves loss, and that's the risk you take. And the greater the love, the greater the loss. I certainly feel that now with the woman I'm with, and the children that I have. But whatever the course may be, this time together is extraordinary.