I do know there are a lot of people who seem to be in my corner, and that's, of course, wonderful. I'm really more interested in the nomination than in the award, because I think the nomination just puts you within a group of outstanding actors.

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

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

I was very lucky once I got started with a career. I happened to get some really good parts to play with some really good people to play with.

They're talking about kids who have grand mal seizures, and they've discovered that marijuana eases that down to where these children can have a life. That right there, to me, says, 'Legalize it across the board!'

My earrings are worth just enough to buy me a coffin if I die in a strange place. That was the reason why sailors used to wear them.

The first thing that always pops into my head regarding our president, is that all of the people who are setting up this barrier for him... They just conveniently forget that Barack had a mama, and she was white - very white; American, Kansas, middle of America. There is no argument about who he is, or what he is. America's first black president hasn't arisen yet. He's not America's first black president. He's America's first mixed-race president.