I prefer to make common cause with those whose weapons are guitars, banjos, fiddles and words.

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my profession, but it endows me with no special privileges; but it also does not limit me or muzzle me. I am a person and a citizen with the attendant responsibilities of voice and vote.

I'm exceedingly proud of being an actor, but I never recommend it to anyone.

The play is always fresh to me. It's not the audience's fault that I've said the words before.

On the stage you're there, it's live. There's a beginning, a middle, an end. When something is funny you hear it right away.