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.

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.

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

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

That's always something that's really important for an actor - to find an opportunity to do a scene where there is a moment like that, where you manage to connect with everyone.

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.

It was quite a ride and very conflicting for me, too - to be nominated for an Oscar, to be straight and healthy, and to be getting all these accolades while these people around me were suffering and dying from AIDS.