The problem with modern consumption and mass-produced products is they're designed to just literally be shoved into our mouths and rushed.

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

Everything you see is in the process of making or unmaking or dying or living. Everything is in a state of change.

I wanted to be, you know, just no different than anybody else.

Taste is acquired. You may have to unlearn a taste for chocolate or ice cream.

You can't really feel the direct change from one president to another versus people closer to you in local elections.

My mother wasn't rational those last years; if she had been, she would have been horrified by her own behavior.

Make friends with your unconscious life. That's a great source of energy.

There were moments where people took the to streets and small rebellions, but ultimately it's a change in consciousness - so how do you capture that and bring the piece to light?

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

Men are in general so tricky, so envious, and so cruel that when we find one who is only weak, we are too happy.