I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.

When I was growing up and somebody like Robert De Niro had a movie come out, it was a cultural event. Because he had such a confidence and a single mission that was so intimate.

I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.

Yeah, I had actually tried to stop acting before I made Dead Man Walking.

Today, maturity is a word I associate with spirituality. It's one of those words that cause people to change their voice. When your voice gets higher because of what you're saying, there's a problem. To me, the conflict of life is part of the joy of life. There's got to be a recognition of the friction that exists. Maturity seems somehow about getting careful. I don't want to be careful.

If you're willing to put two thoughts into a picture then you're already ahead of the game.

I don't believe there are climate skeptics. I think there are people who indulge in a culture of what can be reduced to Fox network thinking. That has nothing to do with the politics that apply to the protection of quality of life in any sense. It's like talking to a member of a cult.