When reporters are in the business of obtaining hard facts that service the free flow of information, journalists should have a right to obtain that information without fear of personal ruin or incarceration.

If you look at the greatest performances of women, they're usually older... Anne Bancroft in 'The Graduate,' Kathy Bates in 'Misery.' It's a matter of characters having a life experience that makes them interesting.

I grew up in the home of a political cartoonist, so I was a junkie for politics.

I was just nine years old when 'Straw Dogs' came out, so I can't really speak to the women of the time, but I can tell you that the women of 2011 are not put-upon, and they're not victims.

'Nothing But the Truth' is a journalistic thriller that is set during the end of days for print media.

There seems to be an interest in connecting the history of the past to the present and asking whether things have really changed. Films like 'The Contender' and 'Bulworth' seem quaint compared with Trump!

I've been a huge fan of Steven Bochco's for over two decades.

I grew up during Watergate. I was enamored of the study of that.

No matter how far they rise, women never stop being the caregiver. At the end of the day, women bear the emotional responsibility for their families.

I don't know a nicer guy in the world than Alan Alda.

We need to get young people involved in the running of this country.

You learn quite a bit about your film from test screening audiences.

I promise that if there was no Hillary Clinton, there would still be a 'Commander in Chief' - I want to have a hit show that people enjoy, and really, that's it.

The election of Obama will say as much about the American people as it does about Obama himself - that our Declaration of Independence means what it says in its opening lines, that being the world's greatest nation means that we offer the world's greatest opportunities.

'Monsters of God' isn't just a series close to my heart; it is my heart, and I am very much looking forward to working with my fantastic team in New Mexico to create a top-notch series.

Simply stated, sometimes journalists can only get their information from informants who must remain anonymous in order to protect their careers and sometimes even their lives: Watergate: Confidential sources. The Pentagon Papers: Confidential sources. Enron: Confidential sources.

There's no need to make any film. The word 'need' is pretty strong. But if there's a purpose behind making the film, there can be a justification for it.

As much as I like Michael Moore - and I'm on the same political side as him - I think his documentaries are really a batch of manipulations and lies.

Unfortunately, in this country, when we have the opportunity to be bigots in private, we take it every time.

The ability of the press to print their stories without the government trying to get them to betray their sources is as essential to a free press as the ink it is printed with. Otherwise, who will hold accountable those who hold power over us?

Finding out you're able to do something doesn't necessarily mean you want to do it.

Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts trying on a Southern accent. That's for Brits trying to find the easiest way to sound American.

Rehearsing is more about blocking in the case of movies, I think, and blocking, of course, is very important to the beauty of a scene.

As you get older, your metabolism slows down. You've got to admit it. It's nothing to be ashamed of if you have lived your life to the full.

You know, it's just my dream came true.

I shouldn't have got married. My dad told me. I was 35 and I got married. He said, 'You're too young to be married'. 'What? I'm 35'. Said, 'You're far too young. You haven't lived yet'. He was right, bless him, thanks, Dad.

Although I'm living in California, I'm very proud to be British.

There is this power that comes with being famous.

My life has been an open book, really. Everybody knows everything about me.

I do my bit for charity.

Obviously, I haven't really progressed that much at my craft.

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

It was early detection that saved my voice - and I imagine, my life.

Listen, if my career was to end tomorrow, I would have no complaints whatsoever.

I've tried many other hairstyles, but it just doesn't work.

I started singing in the bathroom. Nothing was coming out. It was ghastly.

I can't do that wonderful thing that Tom Waits and Bob Dylan do - to do imagery. I'm not good at that. I just write from the heart.

I want to go out at the top, but the secret is knowing when you're at the top, it's so difficult in this business, your career fluctuates all the time, up and down, like a pair of trousers.

How can my son not be straight after all I've said and done for him?

I love change, I need it.

I want to make people aware of early detection.

It has gone past me now, the writing phase.

I was very fortunate that I saved my money and I still do.

I think I was always looking for that perfect woman, who obviously doesn't exist. I wanted to be married. I wanted more kids. I'm a family man, at heart.

I'm proud to be a railway modeler. It means more to me to be on the cover of Model Railroader than to be on the cover of a music magazine.

I've always been able to get inside a song really easily, and if it's my song, I can make it seem honest.

I did things with the microphone stand that no-one else has attempted to do.

I have a very lively and colourful show. It's two hours of hits and the music speaks for itself.

My dad bought me a guitar and people would ask me to play.

I hated singing and getting up in front of crowds.