People ask, 'What's the best role you've ever played?' The next one.

I think every American actor wants to be a movie star. But I never wanted to do stupid movies, I wanted to do films.

The worth of a life is not determined by a single failure or a solitary success.

I'm a real pushover for animals.

The technique's many benefits for actors include minimized tension, centeredness, vocal relaxation, and responsiveness, mind/body connection and about an inch and a half of additional height.

Hindsight. It's like foresight without a future.

I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

Most of the comedies I've done have been rather farcical and extravagant.

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

I totally related to Cole Porter's magnetic pull to any piano that was in the room, which he was famous for doing, as was Gershwin. You couldn't drag them away from a piano.

Just because you're not sweating doesn't mean you're not putting in the work.

Have you ever said, “Well, all we can do now is pray”? . . . When we come to the end of ourselves, we come to the beginning of God.

Some people use language as a mask. And some want to create designed language that appears to reveal them but does not.

To me, good health is more than just exercise and diet. Its really a point of view and a mental attitude you have about yourself.

The creatures I seek do not want to be seen.

He strained to say something else. I leaned toward him. He focused on me. “Rape,” he promised. “Many, many times. Until you bleed . . .” “I’m so flattered.

The United Nations is the greatest fraud in history. Its purpose is to destroy the United States.

Use the hills to get stronger!

The arts are neglected because they are based on perception, and perception is disdained because it is not assumed to involve thought.

We are as pieces of chess engaged in victory and defeat!