I think the bait for doing something really is always the part.

As for lawyers, it's more fun to play one than to be one.

There is no problem that is not improved by effort, and no effort that is too paltry to be worth undertaking.

I enjoy listening to opera at home, occasionally, but I would much rather see it than just listen to it.

Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts.

I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft.

Painting is very interesting.

I've always done what I thought was good if I could live on what they were offering-and sometimes if I couldn't. So even when I was broke, my career didn't lack for interest.

The virtue of the country is that it makes you thirsty for the city.

That's where I'd like to be: when the business says here's a good actor who is marketable so we can use him. Just that.

I'm sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. But I don't watch a whole lot of TV.

The past is called the past for a reason. If you are constantly looking behind you, your eyes aren't on the road ahead. You don't drive the car that way, so why should you live your life that way?

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.

Karma chameleon: we come and go, we come and go.

I am not the least bit religious, but at least I stick up for the good work of religion and the cascade of benefits that come from religion.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

It is better to lose than never to have had.

War, hatred, and violence all spring from one infernal idea: that one person, race, creed, or culture is better than another.

I drive with my knees. Otherwise, how can I put on my lipstick and talk on my phone?

I'm fearless, I don't complain. Even when horrible things happen to me, I go on.

How many times do I have to repeat this: my childhood was fantastic.