It's the economics, that's why opera is not dying but gets more and more difficult to put on.

You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

If the shoe fits, you must wear it.

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

I have always been so interested in film as a medium.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

Better planning guarantees success

I'm just a wretched half-blood girl caught in a storm."Akil tasted his wine and smiled. "Muse, you are the storm.

In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to space... But you laid the foundation for space tourism.

Something about the cultural tradition of Jews is way, way more sympathetic to science and learning and intellectual pursuits than Islam.

As a journalist, your job is to bear witness.

I remember being away somewhere, and I had forgotten it was Valentine's Day with a person, and that was very embarrassing.

It is not an easy thing to put on a wet sock.

I think Joe Biden made correct decision for him and his family. Personally,I would rather run agianst Hillary [Clinton] because her record is so bad.

To play is to listen to the imperative inner force that wants to take form and be acted out without reason.

I've been slagged off completely by the art world and I don't know whether fancy being slagged off by the literary world as well. It's just too much.