Sometimes great, banned works defy the censor's description and impose themselves on the world - 'Ulysses,' 'Lolita,' the 'Arabian Nights.'
An actor cannot be a censor. I'm there to interpret.
Self-censorship is a lie to yourself; if you are going to be trying to seriously create art, to create literary art, and you decide to hold back, to censor yourself, then you are a fool to yourself and it would be better that you kept your mouth shut and did not speak.
In the long run of history, the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.
As you get older, as you become more sensitive, feel more, it becomes harder to make jokes. You censor yourself.
In terms of role modelling for younger kids, I never really censor myself.
I think free speech is probably the coolest thing we have in this country, and again, you can label it hate speech and dismiss it, and then you're allowed to censor it.
Sometimes you have to censor books. When I read 'Peter Rabbit,' I skip the part about Peter's father ending up in one of Mrs. McGregor's pies. I also hid the book of 'Grimm Fairy Tales.' They're just too grim for my grandkids. Reality will come soon enough.
I can't allow myself to censor myself.
It's incredible that they censor films. It's sad.
