Sometimes I think I'm a really interesting guy.

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Avoid people who tell you that something you want to do is not possible.

Remember that there's no one way of doing things. ... If you just get a hammer and hit it really hard, whatever it is, I guarantee you it'll open.

If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney.

Portland is where young people go to retire.

I can't relax. I'm not happy unless I'm working on stuff. 'SNL' is always a huge workload, as enjoyable as it is.

There are so many disagreements in the world, but I like the idea of people agreeing on something like art.

The day of parts of the country hating each other, or rivalries like that... I feel like that's dead.

Everyone goes through all kinds of relationship situations. I'm lucky that I get to be on two comedy shows [during divorce].

Every music journalist I've ever met has been stunningly beautiful.

My father was an immigrant from Russia and my mother was first generation.

Distrust and caution are the parents of security.

I've played so many historical characters because most horrible dictators are short, fat, middle-aged men.

I found out everybody's different--the same kind of different as me. We're all just regular folks walkin down the road God done set in front of us.

Hermione is so close to who I am as a person that I've never really had to research a role. I'm literally rediscovering what it means to be an actress.

When politics and religion are intermingled, a people is suffused with a sense of invulnerability, and gathering speed in their forward charge, they fail to see the cliff ahead of them

I like to be home every night with my family.

Just sit and open your eyes and open your heart. It's dance theater.

A bunch of liberals wanted to outlaw men gazing at women because the gaze was said to objectify women. Sorry, liberals, it can't be helped among the heterosexual crowd.

If they want to play football, we can play football.