All you have in the end is to look back and like the choices you've made.

Clint Eastwood expects you to know what you're doing. He's going to take two giant steps back and let you do it. I have such appreciation for that part of him.

I think it's something that the citizenry needs to be vigilant about - participating in democracy, and that includes issues like what's going on and how much secrecy and transparency there should be. That's an on-going thing - in a democracy you want checks and balances and oversight, but you need a covert agency to protect the country. It's a very tricky balance and I think it changes as the world changes and I think we all need to be mindful of that.

If your movies don't perform, they just stop calling you.

I think it's still hard for me to turn down work if it's really good because for so many years I was desperate to get a job and couldn't, so I think it's anathema for me to turn down work if I think it's really good.

The better the actor, the less you know about his life. I mean, nobody's better than De Niro and you don't know anything about him, right?

We're here for such a short time. When your great-great-grandkids study history, don't you want them to be proud that you were part of the solution?