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

When I started, I was an artist; I wanted to be an artist. I became an actor almost by accident. I acted for fifteen years and tried to produce. I looked for stories that were the story beneath the story that you thought you knew, like 'The Candidate'.

I didn't think about politics until I came to Europe.

I have a very low regard for cynics. I think it's the beginning of dying.

So what if my face is falling apart? I don't give a damn. Anyway, it gives me character. Everyone thinks that they can stay pretty forever but some come out of Beverly Hills surgeries looking scary to me.

The world around us is in a sea change, and I think the glory of art is that it cannot only survive change, it can lead it

It's all about greed and money and it's the driving force in Hollywood.