I think most actors rarely get the opportunity to play something really close to you and speaks to something you deeply believe.

I think he [President Clinton] was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

Jim Dean and Elvis were the spokesmen for an entire generation. When I was in acting school in New York, years ago, there was a saying that if Marlon Brando changed the way people acted, then James Dean changed the way people lived. He was the greatest actor who ever lived. He was simply a genius.

I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

We are not asked to do great things. We are asked to do all things with great care.

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

One of my favorite episodes in West Wing was the homeless man that died and they found, in the overcoat he was wearing, a card of the speechwriter, Toby. He had given that coat to the Goodwill and this guy had ended up wearing it, died in it and Toby went to his funeral. He turned out to be a Korean war veteran. It was our first Christmas episode and that was a true story - a member of the staff had done exactly that. So many of these stories were far better than any fiction.