I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, so nothing of what I was studying seemed to fit. I know now that I should have taken advantage of that time and that I missed a great deal of the opportunity to educate myself."

"It works for him [Steven Spielberg] because there's a child-like glee in it that's part of the whole process. It's not just dumb, it's dumb and inspired and gleeful . . ."

I found out that [drama] was a fascinating exercise as a way to get out of my self and into somebody else's head.

"It was great fun working on that stuff with [Sean Connery]. It was a question of just give and take, passing the ball at the right time, seeing who was open."

"I don't feel good about taking the platform, merely on account of my celebrity. I believe that the people I support are in a position to make a better argument for the cause, based on facts and their expertise, than I am on the authority of my celebrity."