I did not know many of the details relevant to the Iran and contra initiatives.

Sometimes you have to go above the law.

I was very happy being a secretary. I loved working for the government. I was very happy with my life.

I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.

The press was all over to get a picture of me. It got to the point where they were all over my house, following me to work... Then Tom Brokaw and everybody else was doing stories, 'A star is born.'

I wasn't interested in exploiting myself.

influence flows across networks up to three degrees away. What your friends’ friends eat or do or think will influence what you eat or do or think—but further connections will not.

A lot went wrong before I ended up in a great place!

In poverty and other misfortunes of life true friends are a sure refuge.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

I love doing short films because they're much more intimate and there's far less waiting around than on the bigger films.

Today's Democrats are pretty much what used to be called moderate Republicans a generation ago.

What really shocks me, what I can honestly sit back and ponder for hours in a lot of cases is just, 'Why would you film yourself doing that? Who put you up to that? What are you getting out of that?

It's the rare happening when actors get together and you have chemistry, connection, just something that works, that's bigger than what's on the page.

It is wrong for a man to say that he is certain of the objective truth of any proposition unless he can produce evidence which logically justifies that certainty.

You can wake up every day and make today better than the last.