You create this situation where you are so dependent on each other. That's especially true for film. In theater, the actor has much more say, much more control, for better or worse.

One night I looked down and my rosary beads were glowing. And I realized that I did not want to see the blessed Virgin - I was terrified.

Any time you step forward, someone gets upset.

Now, as I move through my fifties, I can be professional and domestic, creative and intellectual, patient and urgent. I have learned that we should never settle for someone else's definition of who we can be. Growing to this age, I realize, is kind of like feeling your voice deepen. It's still your voice, but it has more substance, and it sounds like it knows its own origins.

I'll always rather be in a ship that's got a captain that has some vision.

How will the bombing of Baghdad, a city of five million, accomplish a regime change?

I try to live my life every day in the present, and try not to turn a blind eye to injustice and need.