Whenever there were parties, I wasn't invited because I began to be like that character. In a way, that contributed to the success of the performance.

I don't want to talk in terms of miracles. I think this is a very serious situation. But I do want to talk in terms of Bush becoming a man of the hour, and I think this is way to do it.

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

I have two brothers buried in the military cemetery in Texas. I don't want to see any more of that.

I'm not going to just say nice things about everybody unless I mean it.

The difficulty is capturing surprise on film.