I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.

Its the difference between instinct and intuition.

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.

I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.

I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous; how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes.

As Borges has taught us, all the books in the library are contemporary. Great poems are like granaries: they are always ready to enlarge their store.

Dare to be brave today, and trust that when you extend your wings, you will fly.

Think about the suffering we cause ourselves internally through getting angry or jealous.

Focus on giants - you stumble.Focus on God - Giants tumble.

I am sure that if the mothers of various nations could meet, there would be no more wars.

I'd rather dance in a corner than dance in a circle.

A sleeping bear had been awoken.

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

I do certain things that, maybe, nobody else knows why I'm doing. But it's all - it all has to do with - to grow as an actor.

I have Tourettes syndrome.