When I was young, I flirted with the idea of a career in journalism on one hand and politics on the other.

I do love Christmas, although my wife puts me to shame. She is a huge Christmas fan, so we do love us some Christmas in our house.

I majored in political science, and my concentration was U.S. involvement in Latin America in the 20th century.

My big break was back in the third grade playing the third monkey in 'Horton Hears a Who.

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I wish that I spoke more languages than I do.

If you want to go to a place you have never been before, you have to ask questions you have never asked before. Don't feel shy to ask questions about things you don't know!

Every man seeks the life he thinks he deserves.

1 tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I will never leave the theater. My heart is there and I love being on stage eight times a week.

… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.

It proved to be pretty impossible to get funds for a feature film in Finland. It's still small, but the film industry was miniscule at that point in the early '80s.

What people are afraid of isn't failure. It's blame. Criticism.

I can no more imagine falling in love with someone who believed that than I can imagine falling in love with someone who believes that blacks shouldn't be able to vote and are inferior to whites.

I went to UC Berkeley for college, and it was during the period when the whole punk movement was happening.

A policeman's lot is not a happy one