In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

I have two young children with autism. What could they have ever done to deserve that? What kind of a God allows the innocent to suffer? It's a mystery. Yet still, I believe in God.

I am tolerably ignorant about Judaism, and much of what I do know about it seems hard to swallow, because it is so grounded in legalism, and adherence to rituals.

It probably goes without saying that I enjoy the potato pancakes, delicious hams and so forth that maddeningly turn up at this time of year.

We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives.

Well, because I have twin seven-year-old boys, I enjoy the gift giving stuff a great deal. We do both Hanukkah and Christmas, so it is a costly, though extremely pleasing proposition.

It's funny, but three of my early films were with Liam Neeson, before Liam Neeson was a big star.

I'd always admired Diane Keaton, but I'd never met her.

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is.

I always did plays in school because I thought it was fun, but it just never occurred to me as a thing to do.

The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

You see, there are some people that one loves, and others that perhaps one would rather be with.

Well, to the people who pray for me to not only have an agonising death, but then be reborn to have an agonising and horrible eternal life of torture, I say, 'Well, good on you. See you there.'

President Obama is sending troops back to Iraq. He said, 'Don't worry, we should not be there any longer than a Kardashian marriage.'

In my mind I'ma fighter, my heart's a lighter, my soul is the fluid. My flow sparks it right up.

I think it would be fair and right to use some of my land and wealth for a drug-rehab center or an Indian school.

I get a lot of unasked for sexual confessions.

For man to be able to live he must either not see the infinite, or have such an explanation of the meaning of life as will connect the finite with the infinite.

It takes one second to ruin a woman's life.

And soon a branch, part of a hidden scene,The leafy mind, that long was tightly furled,Will turn its private substance into green,And young shoots spread upon our inner world.

You need to surround yourself with quality human beings that are intelligent and have a vision.