If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper every day and work from nine to six at night, there was something about the uncertainty when I was younger which was very attractive