"I get some of the nicest fan mail you could imagine. Also when I'm up for an award, my fans all vote online and then they'll boast to each other about how many thousands of times they've clicked my name. Their thumbs must be bleeding!"

"God, I hate interviews with actors pouncing on. Who wants to know about their lives? I don't want to know about Al Pacino's life."

"When I started acting, I thought everything should be issue-based and that there should be a helpline at the end of every program."

"Acting is usually regarded as a wholly narcissistic pursuit but there really is a hunger in me to unravel the human condition."

"In every marriage more than a week old, there are grounds for divorce. The trick is to find, and continue to find, grounds for marriage."

"It's surprising to me how many of my friends send Christmas cards, or holiday cards, including my atheist and secular friends."

"If I'm coming in at 4:00 in the morning and my kids have been in bed since 8:00, 9:00, that's not setting a good example. The responsibility that I have kids inside my household has made me realize now that I have to be an example."

"Democracy fascinates me."