For most of my life, I wasn't on the Left.

The man is clear in his mind, but his soul is mad.

It takes more than going down to the video store and renting "Easy Rider" to be a rebel.

I was very shy, and it was a lot easier for me to communicate if I had a camera between me and other people.

Like all artists, I want to cheat death a little and contribute something to the next generation.

People keep asking me, 'What evil lurks in you to play such bad characters?' There is no evil in me, I just wear tight underwear.

Just because it happened to you, doesn't mean it's interesting.

Art is a bad word in Hollywood. You use art too many times and they show you the elevator and then your name is taken off the parking lot.

My whole written history is one big lie! I mean, I can't even believe my history.

In a world where the dead have returned to life, the word" trouble' loses much of its meaning.

Work is fun to me. All those years of being an actor and a director and not being able to get a job - two weeks is too long to not know what my next job will be.

Motivational and moral books can change your present and future. Only The Bible can change your past.

All the quiet corners of the world are the great temples for the wise and for the wisdom!

On stage, you're not limited at all because you're free in language: language is the source of the imagination. You can travel farther in language than you can in any film.

Nothing is as dangerous for the state as those who would govern kingdoms with maxims found in books.

Ballet is quite unnatural on the joints. My body is just worn. My joints are 10 years older than me.

I've always had a special relationship with the U.K. fans, because even when I wasn't working they were very supportive.

I say a little prayer every time I see a race. I say a little prayer that the riders and the horses will be okay.

There are some writers I think who love to go around and visit bookstores and just interact.

There are not many female role models to guide voters, and the tradition that a Southern woman's place is in the home still lingers in some quarters.

The Greek sculptor - I don't think he was very different from any of us.