The art is about opening, it is not about prejudice, it is not about contempt prior to investigation. It's about endlessly trying to keep from having contempt by admitting that you don't know. Even if you know a lot compared to some other people, usually, I think, the honest experience would be: "God, how little I know! And how much I need to have compassion for myself and for other people."

You have to create a track record of breaking your own mold, or at least other people's idea of that mold.

I listen to XM radio because I can get so many overseas news stations.

I think acting can bring you closer to yourself and help you understand other people

If you're lucky, and not a lot of actors are these days, you get the chance to create a character

I demand minimal for paid rehearsal and not always six weeks either.

I was a science fiction junkie for a long time.