Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

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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 do believe all actors are smart.

I do believe all actors are smart.

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 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 kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I kind of have a dilettantish spirit about me.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

I think it's good to meet smart people and talk.

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...

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.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

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...

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

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...

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...

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...

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?

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....

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 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...

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.