If the United States marches into Iraq without the backing of the United Nations, that will be done entirely without the backing of the American people.

I haven't worked with people who are jealous or competitive. That's a particularly deadly attitude to have when you're working on a film.

It's not enough to say that the Olympics is an athletic contest outside of politics, because it's not. The Chinese clearly are using the Olympics to recreate how they are viewed in the world and how they view themselves.

When you work as an actor, you've got to feel safe even in what appears to be the simplest things.

Shooting in New York can be a problem... I had to walk through a crowd, come in the front door, and play the scene.

If people lose their land, they have nothing. You lose your land - you lose your culture, you lose self.

If you can see the terrorists as a relative who's dangerously sick and we have to give them medicine and the medicine is love and compassion. There's nothing better.