The best situation is where they cast you and then they trust you.

I know as I'm taking my dying breath, the ambulance guy will ask me why they cancelled Action.

I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.

I had an obsession that I was male characters from movies.

I loved the idea of the Nerd as Hero, which Ghost World also had.

When we were doing a scene, lots of times we would collapse giggling because it seemed so silly because it felt like we were doing a home movie at times.

I love sketch comedy. My real goal is to do something with Albert Brooks. That would be my fantasy. I stay up night and day thinking up stuff he might find funny.

I met Patricia Neal, John Houseman. But I loved my grandfather because he was this kind, talented man.

It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

I've done a few studio films in the last few years where I feel like I've done good work, and then I only end up in two scenes. That's been very disappointing.

I'm a huge poster collector.

You're never given a dream without also being given the power to make it true.

The stars are reflected from within the black water in the cistern. I find comfort in the omen I glean from this: light in the darkness, truth when it seems there is none.

She slammed down the phone. The sharp bang shattered my heart like a bottle hitting the sidewalk

The first step in solving a problem is recognizing there is one

Smile and smile often. Smile regularly. Smile when you don't feel like it and you will feel like it when you smile.

I never really learned the value of money. My father didn't spoil me, but I think my grandparents did.

Yesterday was the New York City Marathon. The marathon was won in record time by a Democrat candidate running away from President Obama.

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

I've never met anyone who has changed his mind or deepened his faith because he has been confronted with such angry condemnations.

A coward cannot have any prayer answered.