I spent my whole life figuring out how to get out of work. I would say I was intelligent, but intelligent in a very surreptitious, invisible way.

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.

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.

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.

Hollywood could use less instead of more of everything.

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.