I have a way of synthesizing. That's what I would encourage any young person to do: take in the ideas, the conflicts, and the world. Watch and listen and live before you go public.

I'm coming from the notion that acting is an art. It is not a business. It is about building characters, not about selling personalities.

I don't have any artifacts of my profession in my house; the Oscar is in storage.

I am constantly asked, 'What's the difference between acting in the theater and acting in film?' The only answer I can give is the space - you adapt to the space. But acting is acting.

I have lots of different interests. Any of my friends will know I'm interested both in science and in art.

In basic research, the use of the electron microscope has revealed to us the complex universe of the cell, the basic unit of life.

Whatever I read went under my skin. I almost devoured the literature, which became like a road to discovery.

The people who built the space program - both Soviet and U.S. - were readers of science fiction.