I've been told that I am evil. I've been told that I am behind the persecution of millions of Americans. That I have encouraged hate toward gays. I've received both very brief and obscene messages, and very long and literate messages that tell me a vote for Crash was vote for homophobia.

Teaching prejudice to a child is itself a form of bullying. You've got to be taught to hate.

We are poor mortals, but it dreams to us that we can fly.

We think of first love as sweet and valuable, a blessed if hazardous condition.

It's funny that there was so much disturbance about having a Catholic in the White House with Kennedy, and when we finally get a religion in the White House that's causing a lot of conflicts, and concerns, and disturbances for a lot of people, it's in the Bush Administration.

Many really good films allow us to empathize with other lives.

Marlon Brando is the most influential movie actor of the century.