I had grown up working in a video store, and I'd grown up more with film than I had with theater, so I kind of felt a natural call.

Donald Trump is so universally despised, because he so often says the wrong thing and has absolutely no moral code outside of just wanting to be powerful and influential.

If an actor ever says they really enjoy the auditioning process, I truly believe that they're lying. It's an anxiety-filled waking nightmare. It's awful.

It's weird to have to look at another co-worker and have a silent discussion - any discussion - about how you are going to touch their genitals or allow them to touch your genitals.

This is still true with auditions - you have to forget about them immediately. You have to put them out of your head, otherwise you're going to drive yourself crazy.

David Letterman was my guy growing up. My parents recorded the tenth anniversary special for me, and I watched it 40 times.

I'm a dog person, but I don't have a pet.

You can't prepare for the things that change your life. They come suddenly and unannounced.

what terrifies me most is how wefoam at the mouth with envywhen others succeedbut sigh in reliefwhen they are failingour struggle tocelebrate each other iswhat's proven most difficultin being human

When you remove the concept of reward and punishment on merit, the result is the utter destruction of social fabric.

If you do believe in God, and your first instinct in all things must be gratitude: for creation, or love, for mercy.

I just understand that Im supposed to be one of those people that disrupts the flavor a little bit.

A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow.

The world is to be cleaned by somebody, and you are not called of God if you are ashamed to scrub.

I think it's very, very hard not to go slightly crazy if you're in the top in politics, especially if you're there for a long time.

When your parents regulate everything you hear and everything you intake, it forces you to get creative in other ways.

Most artists never get a chance to be Picasso, but that doesn't mean you would stop painting.