A script is utterly useless in and of itself; it's only of any worth the minute your actors, your designers, your directors come into being.

What point is there to all the wealth and power that America may have if they can't look after its own?

It takes a very strong brain to resist the absolutes, the myths that the media and the politicians peddle - the idea that if you are too kind, where does it all end? That not to help someone is somehow a good idea.

There's no such thing as an actor giving positive criticism to a director. The minute you say 'Don't you think it would look nicer', that director's going to hate your guts. Particularly if it's a good idea.

Truth is I don't think God on a daily basis. I think politics, science.

Nine out of ten delinquents are frustrated actors.

The fact in acting, you can tap into your darkest moments in life to your lightest moments. And people will watch it, and appreciate it, and even engage with you because of that. That's the greatest job one Earth.