I have to force myself to look away from those irresistible dimples

One must not be shy where language is concerned.

It is when we stop believing that religions have been handed down from above or else that they are entirely daft that matters become more interesting.

The whole world has American dreams. This country has people from all parts of the world. We have Irish who live here, we have Brazilians.

There's so much crap talked about acting.

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

I have never written anything in one draft, not even a grocery list, although I have heard from friends that this is actually possible.

I just try to put as much logic into what I'm doing as possible and try to have fun with it.

Sometimes one has the feeling of an almost supernatural character to the shifts and changes in our national mood. They appear beyond the prose of cause and effect.

The silence that is in the starry sky, / The sleep that is among the lonely hills.