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

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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 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.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

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...

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 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 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 kind of dwindled into acting.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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'm a 9-11 Republican.

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

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 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.

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...

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?