Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody's going to buy their way out of its effects.

You value the thing you are fighting for, but then you learn to value the time it takes to do it and the time you have off. Both of which are precious.

I remember riding my bike down the boardwalk with nowhere to go and looking at the girls. It was really innocent.

It's a point of pride that no one would treat me any differently because I'm an actor than if I was a gardener.

The biggest industry hoax is that the United States can't move to renewable energy now. It's a lie.

Burning natural gas will not save us from climate change. It's the same as burning any other carbon-based fuel.

I haven't had such an overwhelmingly positive response as I have from The Normal Heart directly to me. And it's a blessing. If this is it, if I have a piano dropped on me tomorrow, then I would go down thinking, 'You know what, I did okay as far as my career goes, because that's a gift. That's rare.'