I had an unusually large-sized head, though this was not uncommon for a baby in the Midwest. The craniums in our part of the country were designed to leave a little extra room for the brain to grow in case one day we found ourselves exposed to something we didn't understand, like a foreign language, or a salad.

If you believe in equality, if you believe in standing up for the rights of all, especially for people most affected by bigotry and discrimination, then you have no choice but to be present and accounted for when it comes to standing up for gays and lesbians in our society.

I'm a religious fanatic? Yes, I am, actually.

I say one evil empire down...one to go.

You can't regulate child labor. You can't regulate slavery. Some things are just wrong.

White people scare the crap out of me.

I don't want people leaving the theater depressed after my movies. I want them angry.