If they can't learn the way we teach, we teach the way they learn.

Buddha had said to make a light of yourself, and if Laurie had anything to say about it, one day he’d glow.

A line of perspiration slipped down my spine like a waterslide at an unamusement park.

Great drama is great questions or it is nothing but technique. I could not imagine a theater worth my time that did not want to change the world.

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

I admired shows like 'Six Feet Under.' That was an amazing show. Never boring, always inventive, smart. Loved the characters. Completely original. Those are shows that I admire.

Stand-up comedy is a science. Every comedian is a psychology major, naturally.

We [Libyans] support the Palestinian resistance, and all the world supports this. We support their just cause, but we are against terrorism.

The moment you have kids, you are prey to judgment, but you also become a judge. You find yourself going, "Can you believe what she did with such-and-such?" at school.

I don't believe in right-angled turning points.

I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist because I wanted to know that my life was secure.