I studied classical percussion for ten years. At one point I was thinking about going to the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, but then I realized it's actually not what I wanted to do.

I think the toughest thing for me to figure out, as an actor, was how to translate all those layers that are in there and that history that the writers have done such a great job at forming.

I would love to do something with space. I'm obsessed with it.

Everyone sort of feels alienated at that point, so it's hard to say whether I felt like that because everyone does or because I was so focused on acting [since the age of 8].

I did go to a performing arts school, so that facilitated my creativity, though I ended up going in a more musical direction.

Where the world saw 'nothing'

Sometimes I think the world has gone completely mad. And then I think, "Aw, who cares?" And then I think, "Hey, what's for supper?

The bulk of my fans are my age, and I'm aging at the same rate they are. That makes me relevant. They like hearing what I have to say. I work hard at it, but it's addicting, really.

I was so happy when I found out I had been drafted by the Yankees. Growing up in Taiwan, I had heard so much about the Yankees but had never even seen them on TV.

After you've done the first feature, then you have heck of a difficult time getting your second film off the ground. They look at your first film and they say, "Oh well, we don't want you anymore."

American Communists have the opportunity to preach freely their ideas. It would be absolutely wrong to hold the Soviet government responsible for activities of the American Communists.

The purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.

A complex society is not necessarily more advanced than a simple one; it has just adapted to conditions in a more complicated way.

I started working for Bethlehem Steel when I was about 16 during the summers.

So how come it looks so beautiful? How come the moon falls from the sky?