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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.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

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.

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

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...

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

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?

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

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

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

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...

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a...

Anyone who devotes time and attention to what makes people tick, to me, is a...

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 kind of dwindled into acting.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for...

Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for...

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing...

I think you have an obligation to be an optimist. Because if you're not, nothing...

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.

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...

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.