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

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

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

Joy is so deeply rooted in our souls that it is not tossed about by the waves of circumstance.

Culture primarily witnesses the absence of meaning, not it's presence.

There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

I am always easy of belief when the creed pleases me.

The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents — because they have a tame child-creature in their house.

It will take your breastfed baby an average of five to six months to double her birth weight.

I’m never without a bandage.

Those who bless and serve life find a place of belonging and strength, a refuge.

A man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar.

In between, I go broke because I seem to do movies where you're not paid a lot as an actor.