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If you find yourself in a movie that you have questions about, it's not a compromise to your integrity.

I wouldn't say I'm a method actor. I do research when I feel I don't have enough experience for the part I'm playing.

Just because someone gets arrested doesn't mean what they are doing is wrong. Some laws are unfair and unjust.

I don't want people to be inspired or offended by what I do. If you determine your behavior by what [other people] want, you're screwed.

You had to know how to fight or you had to know how to avoid a fight. I didn't enjoy fighting, so I learned how to avoid them.

I've used drugs that I do consider to be dangerous, drugs that are potentially detrimental to kids and society at large.

There's always someone telling you not to do something. The main thing is just to ignore them.

It simply comes down to this, Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying.

You should never try irony or self-effacing humour.

I mean, what are they scared of? Who's going to vote for anyone from the Communist Party, for God's sake?

Susan is just great. I know I'm biased, but she's a great actress.

I had been unaware that baseball was a Republican sport.

Most good actors have a huge intelligence about the human condition and a real open heart to different kinds of people and behavior.

There is absolutely no way that I would enter that world. I would never run for office.

I have personal beliefs and they are sometimes reflected in the movies I make, but I also reflect other points of view.

Any time you're trying to do a movie with a happy ending, it's very difficult because it's been done before and you don't want to be manipulative.

I couldn't care less about being a presenter at the Oscars.

If I'm a commodity, it wouldn't be a wise idea to buy stock in me - although, in the long run, maybe I'm a slow growth investment.

It's difficult when you have to turn down a tremendous amount of money because you don't like what the script is saying and you don't have any money.

I'm not gangly; I'm very coordinated. I do have a bit of a baby face. But I guess that just means I'll be working longer.

What you get is what you get. What you do with what you get, that's more the point.

There are a great number of Republicans who are economically conservative but have hearts and a consciousness about their country.

Americans accept that gangsters are running the government.

I don't think people have been able to deal with the fact that African American filmmakers can make movies about life and relationships.

When you make the judgement as a network that there are only three candidates, you are censoring points of view.

I wouldn't even get elected. I'd probably deck a couple of people, too which would not play very well with the national media.

Directing is creating a whole. You're able to combine different elements and create a film that is unique and true to your vision.

I've long ago compromised my eight hours a night.

Is Walt turning over in his grave? A man named Joe Roth runs Disney right now-he gave me the go-ahead and total freedom to do whatever I wanted to do.

There are dumb actors. But there are dumb politicians and dumb bakers.

I love iconoclasts. I love individuals. I love people that are true to themselves, whatever the cost.

Notice what no one else notices and you'll know what no one else knows.

American people are not evil. Given information, they will do the right thing. But they're not given the information.

My philosophy is, don't take no for an answer and be willing to sacrifice your entire project for freedom.

Altman was told they wouldn't do the film with me. He could easily have abandoned me, but he stood by me and really bailed me out.

I ran spotlight. Swept up. Did box office. Ran the lighting board. But acting was the most fun.

There's nothing more boring than unintelligent actors, because all they have to talk about is themselves and acting. There have to be other things.

I've been lucky-my looks haven't put me into one category. I don't look like a blue blood. I don't look like a criminal. I don't look like anything.

I learned never to listen to acting teachers because they don't know what the hell they're talking about.

It was dangerous to hit the wrong kid in my neighborhood, because a lot of the guys I played with had fathers in the Mafia.

When you have a person in power who punishes people for speaking their mind, it's truly dangerous.

I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.

I'm the kind of person who does not remember bad things.

I don't view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides.

My father described me as the oldest baby he'd ever seen. I apparently was very serious and reflective.

New York is not conductive to theater. New York does not encourage its young. It does not encourage experimentation.

It's certainly a lot more difficult to get a project made if you're talking about something progressive. That's just the nature of the industry.

Toy Soldiers was my introduction to film. I certainly didn't think I was doing art by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't care about Clinton's haircuts or his affairs or any of that stuff.

You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.

There's the theory that nudity doesn't really make something sexy; the characters and their relationship make it sexy.

I learned much more about acting from philosophy courses, psychology courses, history and anthropology than I ever learned in acting class.

If you're in the position to help someone and you do it, it's very rewarding.

Considering the fact that I've used it in the past, and know what it is, and seen the results of it, I don't view marijuana as a dangerous drug.

Any journey in life, if not done for human reasons of understanding and love, would be a very empty and lonely one.

I don't know if I ever really bought into the eternal damnation bit.

I was a sports fan, but I also went to peace marches.

I started getting on my feet and clowning around, and they ended up putting me in a play when I was 12. And I was hooked.

I think the enemy is self-censorship. In a free society the biggest danger is that you're afraid to the point where you censor yourself.