New Yorkers are born all over the country, and then they come to New York City and it hits them: Oh, that’s who I am.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

In Los Angeles, by the time you're 35, you're older than most of the buildings.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

There is something fantastic about getting divorced. Everyone should do it to experience the extraordinary sense of freedom after being in marriage jail.

Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their naturally destructive tendencies.

writing is how I understand everything that happens. Writing is the only way I know to move on.

One cannot overstate the potential for hysteria on a movie set. Everyone always acts as if making the movie is as important as eradicating malaria.

As complicated as joint custody is, it allows the delicious contradiction of having children and maintaining the intimacy of life-before-kid s.

On the subject of spinach: divide into little piles. Rearrange again into new piles. After five of six maneuvers, sit back and say you are full.

How could we have achieved the set-goal, without endurance to the end?

Education technology and school construction go together. Modernization, updating education facilities, and making a capital investment in education are all included.

I'm involved in some action scenes, so they'll train me for that. I'll be working with my acting coach to prepare for my character.

Curiosity and the urge to solve problems are the emotional hallmarks of our species.

One of the permanent possessions of the human heart is the memory of its noble enthusiasms.

One of the wonderful things about being an actor is that every director is different.

Before a dream is realized the soul of the world tests everything that was learned along the way.

I don't think there's anything in the compromise that means that there's a clash of ethics.

Photographers undervalue the use of a wastebasket in their pursuit of fine photography.

I prefer software where kids build something and run into problems they have to solve.