We cannot agree on everything but we must agree on the framework.
Before I collaborate, it's important that I have a conversation about what I care about before we make anything, so that it's very clear.
That's what the United States is about: honorable compromise.
People all over this country are shouting at each other. And what we need to do is bring people together to work on the agreement where there is broad consensus and that's what I intend to do.
Paul (McCartney) and I made a deal when we were 15. There was never a legal deal between us, just a deal we made when we decided to write together that we put both our names on it, no matter what.
We make a contract within ourselves as actors or directors or writers about how much of ourselves we let into projects. You can actually figure out before you work on something how much blood you will have to let emotionally.
When it comes to representation and agent meetings, a lot of times actors go into the meeting with the idea that they need the agent to pick them - but it's a partnership.
This is not just an agreement for the police department, this is an agreement that gets the police department working with the community and the community understanding its role as it continues to work with the police department.
Instead of bringing it back and putting the money to work, because they can't work out a deal to - and everybody agrees it should be brought back.
If you remember 'The Best of Both Worlds,' you don't see my name on that... I never wanted no part of that.
