You have to be willing to expose yourself, at least to yourself, to get to some kind of truth about a character.

One of the first things I learned about acting was, the only person you compete against is yourself.

I made career decisions that came from the part of me who wanted to shun the limelight.

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting

When Bush first got elected, the very first time there was talk of going to war with Iraq, the mainstream media gave his position total credibility. I didn't get it then, and I don't get it now

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary