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.

I'll tell you what I probably would prefer to happen less and less: actors that I know and respect in shampoo ads. Or modeling.

I had a house burn down once, and everything in life burned except my family, and it was so liberating. I didn't have a bad moment about it. It sort of reinvigorated my interest in a lot of things. I wonder if there should be some kind of anarchy.

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

My greatest interest in it was certainly not to avoid those things that were going to be controversial about the family but the interest I had in the story was predominantly what he was pursuing and not as much what he was fleeing.

I can always see light in any situation. It's just the way I'm made.

I just want real creative freedom without worrying about, you know, car payments.