“You are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face is: which path will you choose? This is something only you can decide.”

I have great admiration for athletes. They are just like actors in a lot of ways. They have tremendous pressures and conflicts. They have to compete, and they can’t stay home just because they have a head cold.

I read a lot of scripts, so I know by page 25 if I like it or not.

What is necessary is never unwise.

You get thought of in terms of your last job. So if my last job is that of a meat cleaver-wielding character, I will hardly be cast as some benign, older gentleman.

One time I completely thought I’d turned into a werewolf and was sure I could see hairs sprouting from my face. At those times I’d suddenly go very quiet and not talk to anyone, stunned from the developments, being a werewolf and all.

But … the days that the Jewish people remain passive in the face of genocidal enemies — those days are over.

The rules of engagement have become so rigid that governments often straightjacket themselves in the face of unambiguous aggression.

Now, we are seeing many of these same companies face the truth about their financial standing. Congress is faced with the challenge of reforming our accounting industry and holding corporate executives responsible for their actions.

Woman, the more careful she is about her face, the more careless about her house.

Those [Watergate] tapes are going to take me to my grave with a huge smile on my face.

Climate change…is, simply, the greatest collective challenge we face as a human family.

No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.