"I don't envy or much respect people who are completely politicised."

"I used to wish there was a useful term for those of us who thought American power should be used to remove psychopathic dictators."

"My favorite time in the cycles of public life is the time when the Pope is dead and they haven't elected a new one. There's no one in the world who is infallible for those weeks. And you know, I don't miss it."

"The penalty for getting mugged in an American city and losing your ID is that you can't fly home."

"Acting is what I love to do. I wouldn't trade it for the world. I don't think of it as work. It's really fun for me."

"I always wanted a great love affair: something that feels big and full, really honest, and enough. No moment should feel slight, false, or a little off. For me, it had to be everything."

"You have to master not only the art of listening to your head, you must also master listening to your heart and listening to your gut."

"I really have created a family. I work with the people I love, I travel with them, I make films with them, and I'm in an office with them. So in a weird way - I know I haven't birthed a child - I feel that I'm a part of creating a family. It's a tribe. I love that word."