...if our humanity - our soul as a society - is overtaken by the materiel and cosmetic, there will be no hope of peace.

What we are living with is the result of human choices and it can be changed by making better, wiser choices.

I remember my dad came from Ireland and Scotland, and so he carried with him the fear of poverty. So when I wanted to break loose, it kind of made him very nervous.

I look at going to Hollywood as going behind enemy lines. You parachute in, set up the explosion, then fly out before it goes off.

The way you really find out about the performer's seriousness about the cause is how long they stay with it when the spotlight gets turned off. You see a lot of celebrities switch gears. They go from the environment to animal rights to obesity or whatever. That I don't have a lot of respect for.

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

In fact, I think more broadly about what an audience requires, but I want an audience to be fascinated by the process of finding an answer, or finding out there isn't one.