Well my taste wasn't very good when I first started out. But later, when I began to appreciate the art of acting, I would say the actress I most admire is Vanessa Redgrave.

What a lovely surprise to finally discover how unlonely being alone can be.

When you recognize what your talents are, a happy life is developing them to the greatest extent you can.

She goes from one addiction to another. All are ways for her to not feel her feelings.

I always wanted to play Joan of Arc. I've always wanted to do that. Now I'm thinking, 'Maybe there's a story in Joan of Arc's mother!' If I don't hurry up, her grandmother!

The interesting thing about doing a play is to find a way to make it fresh and do it as though you were doing it for the first time.

I did my famous cabbage soup diet, so I was able to do it.

I've lived most of my life in Manhattan, but as close as Brooklyn is to Manhattan, there are people who live there who have been to Manhattan maybe once or twice.

To me, it's a very moral film. If my son were a teenager now, I would drag him to see it.

They pulled Resurrection out of the theatres, so it was running in New York and I was nominated for the Oscar and there was no ad in the newspapers to say it was running. So it was literally killed.

Then in came this script with another very low offer, and another drug addict and a depressing and difficult part to play. I thought, 'Why should I put myself through that for hardly any money?'

We are inspired only when we seek to be inspired. Then inspiration can be found in everyone and everything.

It is better to have a hen tomorrow than an egg today.

Truth is a deep kindness that teaches us to be content in our everyday life and share with the people the same happiness.

Pontius Pilate was the first great censor and Jesus Christ the first great victim of censorship

I think happiness is what makes you pretty.

I won't say she was silly, but I think one of us was silly, and it wasn't me.

My teacher asked me what I want to be when I grow up, I said happy. She told me I don't understand the assignment, I told her she doesn't understand life.

What calmed me down finally was when my girlfriend got pregnant.

I think I was about 16 when I first figured I wanted to be an actor. I wanted to be a fighter pilot before that, but then I thought I don't want to kill people so that ruled that out.

I have an interest in giving people a cathartic experience, and making them look at homeless people differently, and making them question how they judge people, in general.