I'm very encouraged. This is progress. There are two or three ways to combat homophobia - one is through humor. The second is to put a face on it. People are becoming much more enlightened.

I had that perfect deadpan ... for these commercials. Within the first eight months I had eight national TV commercials. I'm a true Hollywood success story - knew no one, had no connections.

Stars give so much to the world without demanding payment. Be likewise.

If you have made mistakes even serious mistakes there is always another chance for you.

I don't care if they respect me so long as they fear me.

But when I cut off my hair I even had friends not recognize me.

It's awfully hard to convey a sense of credibility to allies when you [the Congress] voted for the war and then you declared: Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time.

We can love someone without understanding that person.

Three were the fates. Poverty that chains; gray drudgery that grinds the hope away, and gaping ignorance that starves the soul.

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.

When you trust your television What you get is what you got Cause when they own the information, oh They can bend it all they want.

Let us help one another to bear our burdens.