If I have one vanity wish, it would be to direct. It's the only thing I haven't done yet that I would like to.

Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.

Every actor wants to direct and produce, but I made a conscious decision when I was in college to understand the 'business' of 'show business.'

All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

Throughout my life I have cared as deeply about the songs of all peoples as I have about the rights of all peoples.

'Visiting Mr. Green' is a good play. I enjoy being in it, and I have a wonderful colleague, Aidan deSalaiz, to work with. Audiences like it a lot. What's not to like?