I'm over there filming in South Africa now, and two in five are HIV-positive now. Not many people know that.

A good actor is somebody who can be truthful and fascinating and interesting and enlightening.

Actors, lots of times, are great when they have great parts. For me, a lot of times, it's been the part.

We cannot stick our heads in the sand concerning the issue of hunger in America. Even though this subject seldom reaches the front page of our newspapers or is featured on news programs because of its lack of sensationalism, the problem exists in massive proportions and must be defeated.

You have cocktails for 250,000 people when millions upon millions are sick.

I love villains. You know, I am a character actor, and any chance to get to play a really outrageous villain. I like to play that.

I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary political world. Well, actually, I should say, a reactionary political climate.