Is listening important? I can't think of a single walk of life where it wouldn't be.

If you're not living on the edge then you're taking up a little too much space.

Don't be different just for different's sake. If you see it differently, function that way. Follow your own muse, always.

I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. He's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. The things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and I think - this is Morgan Freeman's personal thought - we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the fence scare me.

We are turning everything on this planet into food for humans. We'll eat it and, if we can't eat it, we'll kill it and take its place and just move it out of the way.

My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it.

I don't remember what my favourite comedy film is - truthfully! I saw Borat and I thought I was not going to be able to get out of the theatre because I was in so much pain from the laughter.