The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person.

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.

Its the difference between instinct and intuition.

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.

I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.

I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

Never, baby. Between us, the sun is never going down.

To live a life of gratitude is to open our eyes to the countless ways in which we are supported by the world around us.

The way Bunker loved me, so fully, clearly, and without exception, helped me remember every day to try to bring that kind of love to myself and others in my life.

Harry Potter's like Santa Clause: something you can't see but wish was real so badly that you end up believing in it.

If I have made a mistake in the design, then I'm the one who should pay for it. I certainly would not ask somebody else to fly a plane if I were afraid to do it myself.

I'm pretty sure Adele and James Blunt were dumped by the same man.

Let us swear while we may, for in heaven it will not be allowed

Democracy leads to anarchy, which is mob rule.

If you really want to know something about me, you should know this: I like my music loud.

At international level, giving the ball away doesn't work too often.