Well, I think that Catholicism's basic foundation of faith is personal conscience. I think it's between you and God, not you and the Church.

I don't like scary films. I watched Psycho for the first time recently, alone in the house at night. That was a mistake. I had to call my friend to come over.

Golf is fundamentally about being honest. I see people hit eight shots and tell me they shot five. I never say a word. It is a reminder to me of what is at stake.

I think I'm known as a liberal democrat and Hispanic and a practicing Catholic, but I never really went out of my way specifically to play a president or any kind of leader.

I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

I still believe in the nonviolent Jesus and the basic human goodness present in all of us.

Oh you only fight the fights you can win? You fight the fights that need fighting!

I love The West Wing for many reasons. The show has been a fantasy. But we have offered a parallel universe to reality.

I love my country enough to suffer its wrath.

I sincerely believe that everything - everything - is grace, and you have to stick around long enough to see it through. I'm a very optimistic person.

I don't think that people in America are really given enough information about the Third World.

Theres no way that I could be the president. You cant have a pacifist in the White House... Im an actor. This is what I do for a living.

I am not the president; instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States.

My recovery is the single greatest accomplishment of my life. Without that, the rest of my life would have fallen apart.

I am still a journeyman actor and a peace and justice activist. I'm a pilgrim trying to win my freedom and serve as best I can in the time I have, with this gift I've been given.

I honestly do not know if civil disobedience has any effect on the government. I can promise you it has a great effect on the person who chooses to do it.

Stop going for the easy buck and start producing something with your life. Create, instead of living off the buying and selling of others.

While acting is what I do for a living, activism is what I do to stay alive.

I just think that the only way we come to ourselves is through each other.