What treaty is it that finally separates those two territories, the hard resolve of our exteriors and the terrible disaster on our insides?

Suspense left my life a long time ago, now it has returned. I do not care for it.

To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood.

Verbalize someone's actions back to them. Menace them with language, the language mirror. Death by feedback.

People who go to work every day, make sacrifices to raise families, and get through life without hurting other people if they can help it-those are the real heros.

I think one of the things about parents and children is there are the accidents of temperament. There's no guarantee that just because you are related you'll have anything in common.

Sometimes I try to figure out why I always push things to talk about the really dark stuff in interviews, and I just think it's healing - for the listener, and for the guest.

Acting isn't a side thing - you have to live and breathe it.

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.

Expectations are like hidden rocks in your path , All they do is trip you up

If you go in a confirmation process, you're going to be asked about the embarrassing or stupid things you said. You should have a view.

I would love to have a part opposite a great actor - like, say, Pacino or De Niro or Hoffman. And to work with a top director. That's my dream.

Negative politics have always been around.

I'm sorry. It's my fault. How do I make it right?