Children Reinvent Your World For You.

I Think I'm An Actor Because I Have Very Strong Imagination And Empathy. I Never Studied Acting, But Those Two Qualities Are Exactly The Qualities That Make For An Activist.

I'd Have Conversations With The Camera Crew About What Was Going On In The Scene, So That They Were Prepared To Shoot It. I Love The Fact That When You Work, You Create This Tribe.

I Remember Anthony Perkins Saying, "real Is Not Necessarily Interesting." So Real Is Not Enough. But What Happens As An Actor Is That You're Really Trained To Listen And To Be Open And Have Empathy. It's Such A Natural Consequence That You End Up Being More Political. You Can Empathize With The Mother Whose Kids Are Going To Be Sent To Iraq, Or You Can Emphasize With The Mother Who Is Losing Their Child To A Disease. How Could You Not Then Be Active? So You're Automatically Drawn To That Aspect In The Rest Of Your Life.

This Is An Amazing Country, For All Of Its Faults. My Feeling Is, Dig In And Let's Try To Change The World. Dissent Is Not Only Your Right, It's Your Duty.

We Were Friends With Jonathan Demme. We Were All Down On The West Side Of New York, And I Think I Met Kurt Vonnegut Through Edith Demme. And Then I Was Lucky To Do Who Am I This Time? 1982, Which Was An Adaptation Of His Short Story That Jonathan Demme Directed With Chris Walken And I, And That Really Cemented The Friendship.