Our resistance to this war should be our resistance to profit at the cost of human life. Because that is what these drums beating over Iraq are really about. This is about business.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry.

I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer.