Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.

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

I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.