But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me

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

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.