Is insincerity such a terrible thing? I think not. It is merely a method by which we can multiply our personalities.

The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one.

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.

Always forgive your enemies nothing annoys them so much.

It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.

Everyone may not be good, but there's always something good in everyone. Never judge anyone shortly because every saint has a past and every sinner has a future.

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.

Be yourself; everyone else is taken.

Women are made to be loved, not understood.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.

I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.

When children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.

Open the pod bay doors, Hal.

It's weird sometimes to have people not see me or see what I do.

His art is the health of the artist.

I was always realistic about the fact I wanted to be involved with big films.

I never starved. And you know, whatever talent I have, I've relied on that, versus image or star.

I find it is happening in different ways to every industry in the world, and positioning yourself for that, and trying to get ahead of that, is a big conversation right now.

I did ask Larry David, "How did I get so lucky? How am I here Seinfeld?" He just said, 'Well, when you say your name over and over it just has a really strong rhythm: "Marisa Tomei. Marisa Tomei."

When you defend, try not to worry or become upset. Keep your cool and trust your position - it's all you've got.

The desire to be rewarded for one's creativity does not justify depriving the world in general of all or part of that creativity.