The death penalty is inhumane... whether that person is in a [jail] or it's bin Laden.

You have this response of angry young people, with a war going on in Vietnam, a poverty program that was insufficient, and police brutality.

Today's cinema is a proliferation of comedies, which are in some ways creating caricature images. They're one-dimensional.

Im a child of the Civil Rights Movement.

Whole ideology of consumption almost to the point of religion. Whether it's the consumption of entertainment or the consumption around buying things, we're so caught up with our appetites that we don't have a clear distinction about what we need and what we just want. Plus, the decline of trade unions is a factor. When you have powerful unions, you have a working class that is politicized.

It's important for people of color to link up with issues around globalization, food security, health, the environment.

I've been a Goodwill Ambassador for the UNICEF and the UNICEF family for more than twelve years