 In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite. |
| The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before. |
| It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really a concern to me before that, because I was involved in reading Chinese history, or languages, or whatever. |
| For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated. |
| Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity. |
| You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or what their body language can indicate or what's really going on or what makes people sometimes do, sometimes, the irrational things they do. |
| I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change. |
| If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains. |
| Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights. |
| I kind of dwindled into acting. |
| I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy. |
| I do believe all actors are smart. |
| I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage. |
| But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have? |
