There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun.

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.

In other words, I’m against cheating, greed, cruelty, racism, imperialism, religious fundamentalism, treason, and the seemingly limitless capacity for hypocrisy shown by Bush and his administration.

As Martin Luther King said, "Passively to participate in an unjust system is to accept that system and to participate in its evil."

I love rehearsing, but a lot of directors don't, and some actors don't.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it. Democracy, marriage, friendship. You can't just say she's my best friend. That's not a given, it's a process.

Awards for arts, where you make comparisons, don't make much sense.