After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning.

When I was a freshman in high school, my drama teacher, an incredible, inspirational genius, the guy who got me into acting, he encouraged me to get the lead in a musical. They didn't have any guys.

When people ask me why I don't eat meat or any other animal products, I say, 'Because they are unhealthy and they are the product of a violent and inhumane industry.'

My family would be supportive if I said I wanted to be a Martian, wear only banana skins, make love to ashtrays, and eat tree bark.

I'm tired of playing the brat.

For people who have... had curve balls thrown at them, it is easier to digest change and digest change in other people. Change only scares the small-minded. The small-minded and me.

I have a very bad relationship with mice.

You sleep with people all the time that you hate.

I'm tired of answering questions about myself.

I live in New York full time. I can't live in L.A., because I fear people think I'm a vagrant there.

In a movie we try to deceive. In theaters, as they say, the deceived are the wisest.

The utmost form of respect is to give sincerely of your presence.

You are not dead, until every person who knew you is dead as well." Where did I hear that? It doesn't matter. There is a village in my head.

I could have played another year, but I would have been playing for the money, and baseball deserves better than that.

Political will is a renewable resource, and everyone can have it in abundance if they so choose.

Democracy is something that you must learn each generation. It has to be taught.

One day of praying and six days of fun, the odds against going to heaven are six to one.

I was anorexic. I was in hell. Now I eat what I want, and I'm still a model. So you see, it works.

In the Land of Truth, my friend, the man with one fact is King.

Don't expect front row seats if you're giving nosebleed effort.

Am I lying to you if I tell you the same lie I tell myself?