We have to fight for something. It has to cost us. Our lives, our faith, have to cost us something; otherwise we're left to question its value.

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

I'm one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I don't believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.

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.

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 have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Childhood hunger in America is as much a paradox as it is a tragedy. Why, in the wealthiest country in the world, should hunger darken the lives and dreams of 12 million children and their families? I believe that, when Americans learn the facts and understand how their involvement can make a difference, banishing childhood hunger will be a national, local and personal priority.