Clarence Darrow was a unique and courageous man. Several of my favourite actors have played Darrow... Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy.

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want.

I open myself up every time I walk on screen and give you everything that I am. There are parts of me that are in every movie that I've done. That to me is what my job is.

I've never heard of a situation where, because somebody had a particular political belief, they didn't get a part. I think it's a bit of a myth.

We have learned the lesson that the music industry didn't learn. Give people what they want, when they want it, in the form they want it in, at a reasonable price - and they'll more likely pay for it rather than steal it.

Cable TV has become where the best actors, writers and directors have gone to work because they are allowed to do character-driven stories.

Whether its Veep or Homeland or The West Wing - which is a more idealised version of democracy - people are fascinated by politics.