Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

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.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity

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 am not brilliant. I am curious and persistent.

The greatest secret of life is never give up. Don’t give up on yourself, your dreams and your family.

Cats aren’t special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

The out-of-work actor wears out more than shoe leather. The very sensibilities that make him an artist are shattered by the disregard he is shown as a human being.

I am fearful when I see people substituting fear for reason.

A man of great common sense and good taste - meaning thereby a man without originality or moral courage.

If we esteem them too highly, good works can become the greatest idolatry.

I think décor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen to tell their story.

Written truth is four-dimensional. If we consult it at the wrong time, or read it at the wrong place, it is as empty and shapeless as a dress on a hook.

Be of good cheer about death and know this as a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death