Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity
I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change
You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do.
But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?
I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.
Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.