In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth.

You do need to get lucky, no matter how talented you are.

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.

Travel is one of the best anti-war weapons that there are. I've been to Iran, and if you're there you see little kids, cops, old people, cemeteries. Once you see that, you can't say, 'Oh, Iran, let's bomb them.'

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

I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.

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