15 of the 19 [September 11th] hijackers were from Saudi Arabia.

The days of using my name as a pejorative are now over. The right wing turned me into an accidental spokesperson for the liberal, majority agenda.

Hope for the best is what we do, right from the moment we're born.

You survive by having your fear compass calibrated correctly. Our compass is off now because we're being told to be afraid of everything. The things that we're frightened of, or told to be frightened of, are not necessarily the things that we need to fear.

I'm actually a fairly conservative person. I live a very conservative lifestyle.

If there ever is a struggle, making a good movie will always supersede the need to be noble.

White people scare the crap out of me.