Growing up I didn't want to be an actor. I sort of didn't want to go into the family business; the main reason being there was something I wanted to do far more, which was be an artist.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

There is no God besides the Self. One who knows the Self, knows God.

Don't envy those who seems having everything, they don't really have everything. They have what they want and live the life they want but they don't have what they really need.

It's hard to have a relationship in this business...it's gonna take a very special woman...or a bunch of average ones.

I feel that I've always done things the hard way, and I've always felt a lot of pride in earning everything that I have.

When you translate the American writers who are best with dialogue into German - someone like Elmore Leonard, or Tom Wolfe, who's also quite good with dialogue. It's very hard to translate them well.

OK, let's get this mother out of here.

Talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not.

Life is a constant back-and-forth. We take a breath in and then we breathe out. The same is true for the culture as a whole.

In this regard, I reiterate that the prohibition against torture cannot be contravened under any circumstances.

All the cops are just workers for the one percent, and they don't even realize they're being exploited.