I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

No matter what is going on, everything is grace.

This supposed idyllic society we have is the most confused, warped, addicted society in the history of the world. We are addicted to power, we're addicted to our own image of ourselves, to violence, divorce, abortion, and sex.

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.

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

The key word about The West Wing is show. It is not a reality show. It has nothing to do with reality.