I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.

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 grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

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.

At the dawn of light, darkness disappears.

All those practice fights when it was just us, two children pretending to be soldiers. Or two soldiers pretending to be children.

Never expect others to be like you, it can be the biggest nightmare!!! Collaboration and synchronization needs to be found in the difference

I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.

I don't get involved in casting, budgets, location or promotion. Just the script. And, of course, the promotional tour. Which is fine with me - I'm a novelist.

Mentorship is key to unlocking each of our entrepreneurial spirits.

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it is Christmas; there are other people who want to strangle you simply because it is Christmas.

We are organizing Jewry for its coming destiny.

The teenage female has less demand to perform and more resources to attract love. Her body and mind are more genetic gifts.

I missed jazz, kind of. And by the time I came to it in life, it was too intimidating to enjoy thoroughly.