I don't always just want to do the same thing.

I lived in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, until eighth grade, and then my high-school years were in Rochester, New York.

If you're creating anything at all, it's really dangerous to care about what people think.

It sounds so cheesy, but there's something very powerful about looking in the mirror and asking yourself a question. Because I think it's really hard to lie.

When you go out of your comfort zone and it works there's nothing more satisfying.

With improv, it's a combination of listening and not trying to be funny.

I don't know about the romantic comedy route, although never say never.

The weddings that I've been in have been pretty mellow.

Maybe studios don't want to see women acting in a way that isn't womanly. Maybe people don't.

I can relate to having those people in your life that you feel are moving on to this great, big, normal life and you're like, 'What's wrong with me?'

I think no matter what kind of life you have, whether it looks one way to people or another way, you always have moments when you imagine a different life.

you wanna cause a scene?

I was suddenly really famous, and I didn't know how to cope. I didn't know myself well enough as a person, number one, and as an actor, number two. I wanted to escape.

Shame is the turnkey that keeps our evil desires in jail.

I am extremely disappointed by the actions of the 9/11 commission.

No birdcall is the musical equal of a clarinet blown with panache.

But I care about the reader, and I'm trying to keep the reader's attention for as long as I can.

If the school sends out children with a desire for knowledge and some idea of how to acquire and use it, it will have done its work.

Harry Potter has been a fantastic experience and the fact it has made stars of us all is unbelievable at times - it really is magic of a sort.

You kind of can't help who you'll fall in love with. I'd date someone who isn't in the business in a heartbeat.

I used to pray that God would do this or that; now I pray that God will make His will known to me.