Pets are humanizing. They remind us we have an obligation and responsibility to preserve and nurture and care for all life.

What is magnificent about humans is when they decide to turn and stand. If they respond with non-violence on principle and hold their ground, they are really magnificent.

There is something intrinsically, systemically wrong with white, western culture, and if we don't fix it, it won't continue.

The risks of transporting deadly nuclear waste, the environmental justice impacts and the long-term health effects of both these projects are untenable...We cannot afford to be silent on these important issues.

For my entire career, I wanted to be a director. When I was in the theater, it was very difficult to get directing jobs, and I fell into the acting by default. I got in the habit of accepting whatever came my way. Not things that I disagreed with, though. It's not like I had aspirations - well, I did have aspirations to play Hamlet, which I ended up doing.

As a character actor, I've learned that you have to watch yourself because nobody else is watching. Nobody is concerned with you.

First lead [in a movie] requires a different approach like trying not to give it all away in the first scene. It is a skill, a learned skill.