I know what it means to be Jewish, and I don't think someone who wasn't Jewish would really understand.

It's like, to me, acting is like a child walking in the park, the better the actor, the greater the playground he has.

I’d say a man is someone who is honest, strong-minded, moral, genuine, just a good human being.

I would add a little more love in the world. It's ridiculous, I know, but it is one thing I would do.

Fun. I'm not the kind of guy kids picked on in school, but I've seen it happen. I've never really given much thought to being cool. I don't really think about it one way or the other.

I just want to make sure I'm contributing good films to movie history rather than being famous just to be famous.

One day, I'll stop making weird faces in pictures. But not today.

My whole family is in orthotics and prosthetics, so I grew up having to check for scoliosis every week. 'Come over. Let me feel your spine.

Life is a rollercoaster ride and I don't intend on being the one screaming and hanging on for dear life.

I don't really look around and say, 'I've made it.' I just look around and think how fortunate I am to work with the people I'm working with.

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

The best way to trick yourself into actually feeling these positive feelings, even if you are not feeling too good is to use your memories, fantasies, dreams and desires judiciously.

A great many open minds should be closed for repairs.

Everybody has their own America, and then they have pieces of a fantasy America that they think is out there but they can't see.

Greece is a medium-sized country in Europe. Our debt accounts for only 2.5 percent of the total of all members of the euro zone.

He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.

When it comes to ideas - and religions are, among other things, ideas - there is no right not to be offended. ... In fact, if you need laws ... to protect your faith, maybe your faith is weak.

A big part of being an actress specifically is feeling entitled to your artistic opinion, feeling that it means something, and being able to stand by it.

Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me.

I was the world's ugliest baby. I have photos of my folks leaving the hospital with sacks over their heads... I asked my mother how to turn off the electric fan. She said 'Grab the blade!

Books aren't lumps of paper, but minds on shelves.