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

Food is the only beautiful thing that truly nourishes.

One of the joys of being an actor is that you're always learning new things. And I've been doing this since I was 19, so there's been a lot of new things I have learned for each part. I always assume that I can do it.

His Holiness [the Dalai Lama] has told me, urgently and repeatedly, that he thinks my photographs are crap. His exact words were, 'These photos are of poor quality. Why is there no sharp focus? There is no clarity!' I said, 'But your Holiness, it's Goyaesque.' And he said, 'No! It's out of focus!'

From a Buddhist point of view, emotions are not real. As an actor, I manufacture emotions. They're a sense of play. But real life is the same. We're just not aware of it.

The secret of my success is my hairspray.

America has never paid any attention to other people, so it's absurd for Bush to say that it's all in the best interests of the Iraqi people.