Nothing ever gets done unless it's done by a fanatic.

The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, “Of course, just show us your scars.” The man says, “I have no scars”. St. Peter says, “What a pity was there nothing worth fighting for”?

My first civil disobedience arrest for social justice was in 1986 for protesting the SDI.

My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.

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

And there are so many people in the third world suffering so horribly right now, and we are so focused on ourselves and our culture that a lot of things are showing up in our culture that are making it impossible for us to focus on others. We're so self-focused.

You are equally responsible for your place in the culture, and you must make a contribution, and you must accept responsibility for what goes down on your watch. You have no excuse if you are a conservative not to be concerned about the environment. You are equally responsible.