Ron Silver

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning foreign policy. But as a citizen in a democracy, it's very important that I participate in that.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of. It's about character, it's about behavior. They understand things about people that I simply don't see.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

I started getting jobs, and I thought it was going to be real easy.

Nothing gets a bigger laugh than when you refer to things like ethics or human rights.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

It's not like I'm the most famous person in the world.

In Europe, people in the arts are considered part of the intelligentsia; they are considered part of the elite.

I kind of dwindled into acting.

I do believe all actors are smart.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.