I've been an activist all my life. And always a liberal activist, for the simple reason that it is on the liberal left that you find the true recognition for the need for fairness in society. I'm not saying equality, because that you can never achieve, because equality is based on such complex criteria. But fairness is another issue.

Violence against women is the single greatest human rights violation of our generation.

Where can I go that would give me the same level of satisfaction as an actor?

Tom Hanks knows the name of all the episodes.

I made a promise to myself that I would try to introduce something unexpected in every single episode of the series. It was largely to amuse myself as much as anything. I didn't ever want the audience to feel that they knew everything.

The only still center of my life is Macbeth. To go back to doing this bloody, crazed, insane mass-murderer is a huge relief after trying to get my cell phone replaced.

It is what you do from now on that will either move our civilization forward a few tiny steps, or else... begin to march us steadily backward.