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.

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.

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

You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.

cuando se es joven hay que ser un cero a la izquierda, pues no existe nada más perjudicial que destacar pronto, prematuramente, en cualquier cosa.

Your happiness—and your healing—are a function of how you choose to respond on the inside to that which is taking place on the outside.

It must have been an endless breathing in: between the wish to know and the wish to praise there was no seam.

Katrina opened a good door and Al Gore went through it with his movie.

I'm sure when the times comes, there will be tears, but there are other avenues that I am embracing with much more passion these days.

I just want to be married, or just engaged. Basically, I just want a ring. And the tax break.

Who fears t' offend takes the first step to please.

Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

I take a lot of favorite moves from great players and add them to my repertoire.