We have a lot of trans friends. We know lots of people who have been trying to [model]; we know a lot about it.

My family is Jewish, Buddhist, Baptist and Catholic. I don't believe in man-made religions.

If you're not sure how you feel about same-sex marriage, go and meet some of the families and see what they're looking for. Once you take it out of the caricature of what gay people are and what gay marriage is, and put it in the reality of family and what these folks are fighting for, it's really amazing.

Should I be worried about being a slave and being returned to slavery? Because certain things happened in the Constitution that had to change.

I always wore sneakers when I wanted to. It was always about being comfortable and being myself.

All I really want to do is just keep acting, and some of it will stink, and some of it will be really good, and maybe when I'm 85 and presenting an Oscar like Bette Davis did, I can look back and say, 'It was okay, I did all right.'

Most of all, I dislike this idea nowadays that if you're a black person in America, then you must be called African-American. Listen, I've visited Africa, and I've got news for everyone: I'm not an African.