Only very rarely are foreigners or first-generation immigrants allowed to be nice people in American films. Those with an accent are bad guys

If Jesus came back today, and saw what was going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.

Producers are not gamblers. They want a good return on their investment.

I began imagining scenes in public which some drunk would come up to me and slap me in the face. Nothing like that ever happened, but I often wonder if I would have turned the other cheek

I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful.

A vacation spot out of season always has a very special magic

I think English is a fantastic, rich and musical language, but of course your mother tongue is the most important for an actor

Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

I just feel I shouldn't work too much, because there are so many other things to do

In a theater, the part is mine and I can control it as I want to. In the movies, I don't have direct contact, and I am fighting technical machinery

I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.

If a man realizes who he is, he is confident of his strength

We should not look for more in others, Rather find more within ourselves.

You can't write a poem until you live.

Sometimes, you have to make the choice to forgive 10 times a day when you have these pockets of anger come up. That's a lot of work, but to me it's worthwhile.

Humans are, as Sartre put it, 'condemned to be free'. To insist that science, or God, objectively defines moral values is to abandon our responsibility as human beings to make such judgments.

I was raised Irish Catholic and went to Holy Names Academy, an all-girl's private Catholic school. I loved the nuns there and I love them to this day.

Being called a sophisticated snake oil salesman was a low point in my personal career.

Drawing is the art of taking a line for a walk.

We need safe communities that are free from methamphetamine and a federal commitment to stand next to state leadership and law enforcement in the fight against this epidemic.

She's good, being gone.