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

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.

Why is it when we have 10 million people in this country who say 'No', we still have a president who says 'Yes.' In a democracy, something's wrong here.

I think most of our religious institutions are pretty corrupt, so they're not reliable. I think the Christian religion that I was brought up with has very little to do with Christ, really, and more an institutions that have built up around the church.

Western Buddhists in many ways are much serious Buddhists than Tibetans are.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

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