There was such a relationship between the buffalo and the American Indian - the Indians would eat them, live inside their pelts, use every part of the body. There was almost no separation between the people and the animals.

There are lots of actors who are awful people, but nobody talks about them being awful because they've made billions.

Art is a way to get strength from something that is life-affirming. It can be quite violent and still be life-affirming.

I'm a better person when I'm preparing for a role, when I'm studying a role.

Acting is not a science. Anybody who believes that their success exists in relation to their goals is deluding themselves; unless you think of a career in terms of financial goals. I have nothing against Tom Cruise, but he must have a large capacity to deal with the business side of movies.

If you look up the definition of news in the dictionary, it isn't what you watch on TV.

Again, in Wag the Dog, war has to be declared by an act of congress. But if you go to war, you don't have to declare war. You're just at war and we did that, which is not legal.