Quotes by Martin Sheen

“George W Bush is like a bad comic working the crowd, a moron, if youll pardon the expression.”

“You never know when you are doing something that is affecting someone.”

“This is really the fundamental question for all of us. How do you make a difference and what difference does it make? This has to be highly personal. The only thing you can change is you.”

“I think President Clinton was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.”

“You may have mistaken this for your meeting of the ignorant tight-asses club but in this building, when the President stands, nobody sits.”

“Im one of those cliff-hanging Catholics. I dont believe in God, but I do believe that Mary was his mother.”

“Dont invade Iraq. Inspections work, war wont.”

“I?m just not qualified. You?re mistaking celebrity for credibility.”

“We in the cast knew we had something special in this series. The big question was whether or not it would work on network television. There were no car chases or special effects. It was about politics. The action was in the word.”

“It is my pleasure to support a candidate who truly reflects our values and highest ideals.”

You do it for yourself. You don’t expect to change the world. You don’t even expect to influence your family or your friends. You do it because you can’t not do it and be who you are. Or who you’re meant to be.

Just open your eyes! I thought. These desperate poor are your gurus.

I became an actor because it was my clumsy attempt to become myself.

When an actor reaches down into his emotional well and pulls up a deeply personal response, the audience can sense something special is going on. They may not know exactly what theyre seeing, but they recognize it as authentic.

The line between spontaneity and stupidity can be very thin.

Kids dont always stop to judge or analyze a new experience unless the adults around them react strongly. Otherwise, they just take in the experience and move on to the next one.

We never get over our fathers, and we’re not required to. (Irish Proverb)

Those years on the golf course as a caddie, boy, those people were something. They were vulgar, some were alcoholics, racist, they were very difficult people to deal with. A lot of them didnt have a sense of humor.

Future generations are not going to ask us what political party were you in. They are going to ask what did you do about it, when you knew the glaciers were melting.