I have two older brothers and they were a huge part of life; we were very close. We used to run around and get into trouble. That’s what I came from - that exploring nature.

I don't like to spend money when I'm traveling. I like to go places like Hawaii and not spend money. I splurge on time.

My dream role is to play in a story of how the Joker became the Joker, and I would play the young Heath Ledger.

These last months, I have learned that the acknowledged history that belongs to the daylight, that is not the only history. Turn over the stone and you will find another history, wriggling to escape.

There is nothing so moving - not even acts of love or hate - as the discovery that one is not alone.

I believe we have this idea that bad things ought to be prevented from happening.

I probably have to move out of New York. I just can’t live in New York anymore.

There has, indeed, been very substantial progress in Iraq over the past year - violence is down by 80 percent, civilian deaths by about the same, and so on.

Meditation is a vital way to purify and quiet the mind, thus rejuvenating the body.

I think that probably all religions sound bizarre to the people who are not the practitioners of them.

Moshe Dayan, who said to Sammy Davis, Jr., That's funny, to me you only look half Jewish. Never got a dinner!

It's a big deal to bring your family on the road, you know? I'd love to do it sometime, but you have to work out schools and all that.

Simply put, the best teachers are the ones you work your tail off for because in the end you just don't want them to think any less of you. You want and need their approval.