I don't speak up about something unless I feel strongly about it and until I've researched a subject extensively and have an informed decision about it.

I've been lucky to learn by playing all kinds of roles and watching all kinds of really good cinematographers, actors, and directors for many years before people were even aware of me in terms of audience.

To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.

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

It's true that I have a wide range of interests. I like to write and paint and make music and go walking on my own and garden. In fact, gardening is probably what I enjoy doing more than anything else.

Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is.

You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.