I dress and eat like a fifth-grader, basically. I like sandwiches and cereal and hooded sweatshirts.

I waited a long time out in the world before I gave myself permission to fail. Please don't even bother asking. Don't bother telling the world you are ready. Show it. Do it.

I spend my nights just sitting and reading a book and drinking my tea and walking my dog. That's about as exciting as my life gets.

I hate that word — 'lucky.' It cheapens a lot of hard work

I love animals. All animals. I wouldn't hurt a cat or a dog — or a chicken, or a cow. And I wouldn't ask someone else to hurt them for me. That's why I'm a vegetarian.

You can say no. You can not be the object of ridicule.

I was fortunate enough to have an upbringing that made me more accepting of who I am.

George Martin is an incredible writer.

Being on television, playing the same character for many years, for me, I think that would get a little tedious.

Call me Elf......one more time!

I think a lot of great male comic actors are introspective, quiet personalities, which I really admire. But they are really able to turn it up when the camera's on.

Reality is what trips you up when you walk around with your eyes closed.

It’s very easy to blame others, but very difficult to prove your ability.

It is possible there are some things you want so badly that you will change your life to make them happen.

To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.

I feel as if sometimes women can't deal with what's going on and they have no one around who actually understands.

If the past decade was the decade of searching and finding and looking for stuff, this coming decade is going to be the decade of filtering and going to your friends for recommendations.

The true objection to slavery is not that it is unjust to the inferior but that it corrupts the superior.

And I deal with all that by being like a perfectionist. But that's okay.

We've placed a lot of emphasis in this country on the idea of people's rights. That's how it should be, but it makes no sense to talk about rights without also talking about responsibilities.

There is the same difference in a person before and after he is in love, as there is in an unlighted lamp and one that is burning.