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

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" Bush is very clever. When the debate should have been about the deterioration of our cities and the lack of action by government, he sent in his idiot to make an outrageous statement about Murphy Brown. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

" I'm fairly competant as a director and actor, but I am Mr. Neurotic as a writer. I just don't have enough confidence in my abilities to take criticism well. I take it personally. Start with 'It's a masterpiece,' and then tell me what you think could be changed. "

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

" 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 view myself as a political leftie. I view myself as a storyteller who is fair to both sides. "

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

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