I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning foreign policy. But as a citizen in a democracy, it's very important that I participate in that.

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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...

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.

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...

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

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?

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...

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...

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...

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'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...

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 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 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.

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....

I do believe all actors are smart.

I do believe all actors are smart.

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

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

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.

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...