Shakespeare lets us see real people undergoing real processes, with real feelings

Integrity is so perishable in the summer months of success.

The people I admire most are those who struggle for everyone.

You can't be striving to please; you must be striving to get to the heart of the matter.

Ask the right questions if you're going to find the right answers.

A conservative frame of mind is very limiting for an actor, and a human being, too.

I think the theatre is as essential to civilization as safe, pure water.

The arts stop society going rotten and mad.

Theater and poetry were what helped people stay alive and want to go on living.

One of the joys of cinema is that, given the right circumstances, and the genius director, an incredibly wonderfully actor can become the embodiment of his character.

Theater helps people keep sane.

PoemWords from the heartBreaking, teaching, healingThe deepest, purest form of artFeeling

A gentle answer turns away wrath.

Those who refuse to grow, those who only finish school and call it quits regret through life.

You can't oversleep if you don't make plans to wake up early.

When my children hear godliness out of my mouth and they see wickedness in my life, then I point them to heaven and I lead them to hell.

Polls suggest that more and more, opposition to Obamacare is based on voters' personal experience, and not just on what they have heard or read about the law.

It should not be an act of social disobedience to light a cigarette. Unless you're actually a doctor working at an incubator.

A lot of films come out before they're finished.

I would feel a little awkward because of my connection with politics.

I say not one penny more to countries that are burning our flag.