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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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 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.

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 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 kind of dwindled into acting.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

I do believe all actors are smart.

I do believe all actors are smart.

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 kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

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 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...

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?

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'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...

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their...

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their...

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....

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...

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...

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

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.

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...