I don't have pet peeves like some people. I have whole kennels of irritation.

Actors have no color. That's the art form.

I don't really view communism as a bad thing.

I have witnessed things the ancients would have called miracles, but they are not miracles. They are the products of someone's dream, and they happen as the result of hard work.

You have to believe in yourself in spite of what other people believe.

There are times when I haven't been proud of America or really proud. But there have been times that I've been incredibly proud of the country.

Chocolate and candy. That's what we brought in to our friends. We worked in East Berlin with other artists who were smuggled out to come work in the Western Bloc. It was extraordinary because people in East Berlin just wanted to know what was happening. Music. Fashion. The news. All of the things we get every day.