I'm always being asked to play roles or characters that I don't really resemble.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first the lesson afterwards.

Until you have loved an animal, part of your soul will have remained dormant.

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity.

This whole world is mind's world, the product of the mind.

Who is able to paint the existence of a dog as Picasso paints the existence of a cubic shape?

Use every customer point of contact to weave stories about who you are and what your brand stands for.

Say less than the other fellow and listen more than you talk; for when a man's listening he isn't telling on himself and he's flattering the fellow who is.

I get so high when you're with me then crash and crave you when you leave

The promises of God become the power of God when they are believed and acted upon.

I grew up in a show-business family, but we were working-class show business. There was nothing glamorous about it. You had great things one day and the next day, nothing.