Part of me is still waiting to grow up, to be an adult, and the other part knows there is no such thing.

Let's give some substance to patriotism. It may take a generation.

It's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.

In a way, J.F.K. was the high point of the American dream. In order to go to the moon and back, all we did was say we could - and we did.

The rules are all wrong today. The mandate of the media really does pre-date the founding of the United States.

I believe that a nation that allows music to be expendable is in danger of becoming expendable itself.

If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a teacher, a history teacher. After all, teaching is very much like performing. A teacher is an actor, in a way. It takes a great deal to get, and hold, a class.