I always considered myself as a character actor. I always try to be versatile to show different sides of human experience.

It is a strange fact that freedom and equality the two basic ideas of democracy are to some extent contradictory. Logically considered freedom and equality are mutually exclusive just as society and the individual are mutually exclusive.

Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything.

I have maintained a passionate interest in education which leads me occasionally to make foolish and ill-considered remarks alleging that not everything is well in our schools.

Now that virtually every career is an option for ambitious girls it can no longer be considered regressive or reactionary to reintroduce discussion of marriage and motherhood to primary education. We certainly do not want to return to the simplistic duality of home economics classes for girls and wood shop for boys.

A Shakespearean tragedy as so far considered may be called a story of exceptional calamity leading to the death of a man in high estate. But it is clearly much more than this and we have now to regard it from another side.

I would never have done what I'd done if I'd considered my father as somebody I wanted to please.

I didn't come to Hollywood to drink or get high and I don't want to be considered a cool actor - I want to be a great actor.

My music was never considered cool but I've always felt that connection with the audience.

I was never considered cool throughout my teens: a very important time to be accepted by someone especially your peers. Yes I had all the screaming women but the guys hated my guts.