He has the attention span of a lightning bolt.

I'm not that interested in someone that one-dimensional, but I'm interested in playing somebody that's more complicated.

Criticism challenges current findings. The effort to defend one's position can lead to deeper insights or consideration of options previously not considered.

Part of me is drawn to the nature of sadness because I think life is sad, and sadness is not something that should be avoided or denied. It's a fact of life, like contradictions are.

If you can do more, you should.

People are finally able to look around and say, 'I can see the drought, I can see the rising sea levels, I can see the crops dying. Okay, now I get it.' It is finally beginning to sink in that there has been a lot of damage.

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.