I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being alone, unless they're with people, talking all the time. Whether it's on the phone, or in person, they're never by themselves. Whereas I could be alone for months.

Any nominations a movie gets helps to raise the level of curiosity in the public, so in that sense awards and nominations are important.

There are people that grandstand and seem to be publicly politically engaged because they like the attention, more than because they're genuinely concerned about the world. But I don't think that's the majority.

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

I have to say that I think Bernie Sanders is the first politician since Dennis Kucinich that I've been truly inspired by. Where you actually are truly speaking truth to power, in a legitimate way and in an unpretentious and very straightforward way.

I pursue the things I do because I'm interested in them.

In the end, the actor's main power is the power to say, 'No.'