It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

Everything I do, it's all about making every moment a quality, meaningful moment.

Our knowledge is the amassed thought and experience of innumerable minds.

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin.

Pop music is a fashion, and fashions come and go. The public retires you as their tastes change.

You don't know, but I'm noticing.

Life is so full of meaning and of purpose, so full of beauty - beneath its covering - that you will find that earth but cloaks your heaven. Courage, then to claim it: that is all!

I went from zero to my own hero

I'm either going to go completely mental, completely bankrupt, or have the best success of my life.

So the freshness lives on in a lemon, in the sweet-smelling house of the rind, the proportions, arcane and acerb.

Everyone out here in Los Angeles is trying to do whatever to break into films. It is a tough industry to get into, kind of like pro wrestling in a lot of respects when you think about it.

There are odious virtues; such as inflexible severity, and an integrity that accepts of no favor.