Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing will change

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on a massive scale just about unknown before

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy and concentration and skill.

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It also provided a context in which I came to respect what the actor did, because I saw how difficult it actually was to do.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

I still think I'm going to do something else when I grow up

If one flower has to grow out of all the weeds, let that flower be YOU.

All I know about what people think of my gear is what a couple of my friends tell me, and one of them always wants to borrow money, so I'm not sure how reliable he is.

Stylists aren't for me. I tried to use one when I first started working in the US, but I didn't click with anyone.

A man is a man, until that man finds a plan, a plan that makes that man, a new man

Uh, the Council," I said. "Big shock, they aren't helping." Murphy looked like she might be asleep, but she snorted. "So we're on our own." Yeah." Good. It's more familiar.

I really don't like when things are all polished and perfect - the perfect love story and the hair is perfect.

Advertisements ordinarily work their wonders, to the extent that they work at all, on an inattentive public.

Do it yourself. Keep going. Many people have said these things to me many times and both are good pieces of advice. I like getting on with things.

Humanities deepest desire for knowledge is justification enough for continuing our quest. and our goal is nothing less than a complete description of the universe we live in.

I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction.