My only goal is to make the crew laugh, basically. It's the only litmus I have to know, is this good or not?

My mother was predominately a stay-at-home Mom.

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop.

Always my fallback is - I'm gonna move to a poor town and open a scone shop... Sometimes after some bad auditions I think, you know what - time to open that scone shop! Let's start baking.

Luckily for me I have a very supportive family and a loving group of friends.

I've certainly played those leading man or male juvenile roles, where you're not supposed to make people laugh.

I am mildly addicted to Mucinex-D. I feel like I should just come clean about that.

I figure, oftentimes the best way in is through humor, and you can deal with serious situations a lot easier, or at least bring up the conversation.

At a very early age I knew I wanted to be an actor and then more specifically that I wanted to be on Broadway and be in musicals.

I live in the East Village, and occasionally people will recognize me there. When I'm in Williamsburg, I always get recognized. Midtown, not so much.

I still can't shake the Nebraska off of me.

Because I’ve gotten older, I worry that there will be a steep decline in my talent, but I promise not to let the same thing happen to my passion for writing.

On ambition, goal setting and competition - it doesn't matter if you lose, but you can't win if you don't play the game.

At eighty-eight how do you feel when getting up in the morning? . . . Amazed!

Theater is a space where you cross over from everyday life, because there are real people in that moment moving in front of you - you're being invited to believe in a story and cross that bridge.

I find it hilarious when Obama's hand gets caught in the cookie jar

I only miss you when I'm breathing.

Tennis is a funny game; unbelievable highs and the lows are just as low.

You know, I grew up listening to Joni Mitchell.

It is surely a great calamity for a human being to have no obsessions.

You don't need a blanket of can't do this, that's illegal, that's unfair, that's unjust, all of these can'ts, all these won'ts never helped anybody.