Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

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Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper...

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper...

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune...

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune...

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn...

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn...

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It...

I saw and I met a lot of people who were in the field. It...

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

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

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

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on...

The twentieth century has exhibited a barbarism and lack of respect for human life on...

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human...

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human...

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to...

I just don't get invited to the same dinner parties I used to like to...

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered...

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered...

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning...

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning...

Two, I actually learned a lot of things that served me very well when it...

Two, I actually learned a lot of things that served me very well when it...

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?