Comedies are something I'd be very interesting in doing.

I have, I think to do a play a year is very good if you can afford the time and the energy because it's difficult to do, it's really the actors medium of course, because you're really out there and nobody's yelling cut so, yeah I have.

I always go with the story and character and if those are good and if the setting is something that's scary (horror films seem to always take place at night and the weather's always bad) then I might be interested.

As a student in London, I had seen so many shows, so many plays and had seen so many greats of the day.

Well, I realized finally that all of the hard work paid off.

I was not prepared for the actual process itself; having to go to the shop and having some molds done.

Musical theatre is something I'm familiar with, I've been doing that.

I wanted to go to Rome. I got an offer to do an Italian film and I went.

Comedies are something I'd be very interesting in doing.

I'm not a big slasher film fan.

We lived and breathed acting.

I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career.

You need help when you're starting out. On the other hand, some people are very naturalistic to begin with.

Never give a sucker an even break

The Americans' position is clear: we promote democracy.

There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.

Words fashioned with somewhat over precise diction are like shapes turned out by a cookie cutter.

In the 1990s, we introduced Boston's community policing strategy. We reversed the tide of violent crime that threatened our city, and we established a national model for preventing and fighting crime.

I wonder what all those Chinese poets sound like in Chinese. I like their distilled quality.

The human mind evolved to believe in the gods. It did not evolve to believe in biology.

I've been incredibly blessed with good roles the past few years, but none of them compares to the experience of playing Ellsworth on 'Deadwood.' There are times when I've had as much fun or had comparably great material, but as a body of work, playing Ellsworth tops anything else in my lifetime.

Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.

Follow your instincts, and handle all with respect and diplomacy.

Sometimes I forget some of the things I've done. I recently recalled that after Watergate I went away by myself to Tahiti for a month, moving from island to island. That was a point in my life where I didn't know what was next.

Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists, and have a certain amount of freedom when they work, and they're more like independent filmmakers making their way through big studios.

I understand the principles of dissent in parliament.

Robots will someday, or maybe, wake up. They may be really smart. They may be as creative, smart and capable as human beings, and fully conscious, and self discerning with free will.

I always go to my mom's house for Christmas.

Believe in yourself. Under-confidence leads to a self-fulfilling prophecy that you are not good enough for your work.

My camping days are over, but I might consider glamping.

Rail travel for me is the most relaxing, most scenic way to see the country.

Good legislation should bring clarity and not confusion.

I guess one thing that makes my music stand out is that it is quite hard to determine what genre it is.

Of what use were wings to a man fast bound in chains of iron?

All things good come to those for whom the Good is all things.

We do see Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun Fat, but it's very rare to see the Chinese male actor in Hollywood movies, which is something I take great umbrage with. You know, my son is Asian. He may want to direct one day; he may want to be an actor like his father - and I want that to be open to him.

Reagan was all about America, and you talked about it. Obama is, 'We are above that now. We're not just parochial, we're not just chauvinistic, we're not just provincial. We stand for something.' I mean, in a way, Obama's standing above the country, above - above the world. He's sort of God. He's going to bring all different sides together.