What we assert, very often can become our reality. To some degree, everybody can try to shape and control their fate. Everybody picks an identity.

The closer you stay to emotional authenticity and people, character authenticity, the less you can go wrong. That's how I feel now, no matter what you're doing.

Anything you could ever want or be you already have and are.

The holy trifecta of directing and filmmaking is character emotion, camera movement and music. When you hit those three, that's magical. That's what I'm trying to do.

I got put on jury duty, which is where I learned how to write.

There's nothing better than an actor who is really, really hungry to show everything they've got.

You know, veterans come home and they may not be bipolar, but after they've been through a war with PTSD or a head injury, their families have a handful when they come home.

That's just how I see things. I think things that are the most dramatic or tragic can also look the most ridiculous and funny. That's part of being human.

The idea that anyone would think their religious ideas make them morally superior is just preposterous.

The gift of life is the gift to suffer sometimes and to embrace it, heartbreak and all.

What do we have in life, really? If we're lucky we get to a certain age, and we have each other. We have the food we like. We have our crazy little rituals. And we have each other.

I don't have a hot date. I don't even have a lukewarm date.

Fool that I am, " said he, "that I did not tear out my heart the day I resolved to revenge myself".

Refuse to disconnect from love and every relationship will be totally transformed; even the relationship with yourself.

We don't need refs, but I guess white guys need something to do.

I was trained to be an actor, not a star. I was trained to play roles, not to deal with fame and agents and lawyers and the press.

If you try desperately to hang on to something that used to be a success for you, it's going to go away. You have to change.

Physics, beware of metaphysics.

Mel [Bochner] sets a very high standard. He expects only the best and most thoughtful and rigorous examinations, not only of the history of art but your own practice.

Money is of value for what it buys, and in love it buys time, place, intimacy, comfort, and a private corner alone.

As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.