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

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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...

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 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...

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

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 kind of dwindled into acting.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

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...

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.

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.

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

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'm a 9-11 Republican.

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

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...

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 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.

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 kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really...

It made me think about a whole area of human activity that was not really...

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...