You want people to identify with the person on the screen or in the theater, but you don't want them to identify with you as a person.

I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.

'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.

In all honesty, we all want our fantasy selves to be the best people. We all think in a time of crisis, we will react heroically and with humanity.

I think when you don't know where you stand with someone, they can surprise you in their goodness and their badness, and that makes them human.

That was the problem with the 'celibate' word because they don't consider for a moment that you'd rather not be, but you just are. I was never a sexual person.