Mostly actors are progressive because we are accustomed to all the nuances of human life, whereas dictators just try to flatten it all out. So we usually try to stand up to dictators like, well, we won't mention names.

I don't think there's anything more important than making peace before it's too late. And it almost always falls to the child to try to move toward the parent.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

I don't like the word 'calculated' because it sounds pejorative. Intentional. Intentional is better, I think. Wild in passion and intentional in expression.

I was raised in the '50s. I was taught by my father that how I looked was all that mattered.

All my life I had believed that unless I was perfect I would not be loved.

The capacity of young people to persevere, even under the most adverse conditions, never ceases to amaze me.