My whole experience into the sitcom world, it was, like, "This is like theater, this is like film... This is a hybrid of everything I love to do. A live audience and rehearsals and... more food!"

I believe that no one can teach you how to act, but schools do give you an environment to make mistakes, to learn techniques and to learn professionalism.

I really appreciate an actor who has paid their dues and who has learned hard knocks and has been rewarded in the end.

If actors could actually make a living doing theater, that would be my first choice. Sitcoms are the closest thing to being onstage in front of an audience.

We watch so many TV shows and movies about jaded or corrupt policemen, we forget people join the police force to do good, and they really care about that.

I'd love to teach theatre arts.

It's like watching a car accident, that reality TV.

When you cut pieces out of the truth to avoid looking like a fool you end up looking like a moron instead.

...most people in the world don't really use their brains to think. And people who don't think are the ones who don't listen to others.

There's still a place for marching for instance with the Black Lives Matter movement, we've seen the importance of causing a scene, being on the streets and making your demands and your voice heard.

Fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves.

The most interesting part of IIFA is that I get to meet filmmakers from India. I just attended a symposium on Satyajit Ray with Rituparno Ghosh and others. It was just so satisfying

Things have happened, having to do with many things including political correctness, where people are so worried about being politically correct that they are unable to function.

What gives me strength is thinking about my children.

Edward Said is a very honorable representative of the "intellectual" in the sense of the term that he defines.

With my old man I got no respect. He told me never take candy from a stranger unless he offered me a ride.

I kind of try to resist working a lot. I'm not a very disciplined worker.