When I talk about people wrapping themselves in the flag and hiding behind Jesus - that's an anti-intellectual thing to do in the political process, because legally, allegedly we have a separation between church and state. That's a legal precedent that's never observed. When people are trying to do something that's not in your best interest, they will wrap it in the flag and hide behind Jesus, which is a corrupt thing to do.

You just did a whole read-through. The lie that brought us into war was that Iraq was a threat to us. Well, now it is a threat. Now it is a terrorist hotbed. The fiction is now reality. And now we have to deal with it. It was an attempt at a corporate takeover. This was about oil. It wasn't about human rights. It's not about human rights.

I don't know who you're referring to exactly who said, 'What has Iraq done to us?'

I absolutely realize that a celebrity spokesperson is not ideal.

How is it that this debate has been twisted on its head, that somehow those that advocate peace and diplomacy are anti-American?

I would say just in general, in life, I'm more willing to be animated as a person, and so obviously onstage as well.

There is no way any rational, reasonable person can say that the Bush Administration has been good for America.