Did it ever occur to you that there might be more than one alternative?

Sometimes you even start to sound like the character, because you're living and breathing them every day on the set. It gets into your bones, it becomes a part of you.

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

It's a real luxury to be able to develop with your character.

When you read something that good, it's terrifying because you're thinking, "Oh, god, what if I don't get this?"

I was fascinated by the world. I thought, "I just want to be a part of this world."

Judgment…is one of the ego’s tools to foster separation through comparison.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

It is unbelievably sad and ironic that the first victims of global warming are almost all going to come from places that are producing virtually none of the problem.

I feel pretty confident in my own ability.

I want to make the world better.

I love that country [Israel].

We human beings can survive the most difficult of circumstances if we are not forced to stand alone.

We need to meet, embrace and work with what we're given. For what we want and what we're given often serve two different gods. And how we respond to their meeting determines our path.

I've never had anything but the freedom to do what I wanted just as long as it made me happy.

Prepare for mirth, for mirth becomes a feast.