I like to put a little spin on traditional styles as I see them now, probably somewhat inspired by my current job on Boardwalk Empire.

Any time you get a chance to play a great role, I consider all the qualities I may or may not have attributed to that character and how I would fit into the story.

I've picked up a great appetite for pastrami on rye and a nice cream soda. It is fantastic. So I have to be careful or I'm going to just get really fat.

A custom-tailored suit retains a certain dignity about it.

Growing up, I thought wearing a suit was a burden.

I think there's a stigma to some degree about the outer boroughs and Jersey, and whether their stories are worth telling.

As an actor, I like as much time with the material as possible and given the opportunity, time spent with the other actors in the scene. But that is a rare luxury in working in any TV series.

I'm a real low profile guy. So a date night for me is kind of curled up at home and watching something... have a nice glass of wine, a nice meal and we're all set.

I believe when life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade...and try to find someone whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.

Embody the character of the kingdom and it will manifest

The very women who object to the morals of a notoriously beautiful actress, grow big with pride when an admirer suggests their marked resemblance to this stage beauty in physique.

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life.

White swan of cities slumbering in thy nest . . . White phantom city, whose untrodden streets Are rivers, and whose pavements are the shifting Shadows of the palaces and strips of sky.

The poet and the painter are only truly great by the mutual influences of their studies, and the jealousy of glory has only produced an idle contest.

And meanwhile the sad truth was that not everyone could be extraordinary, not everyone could be extremely cool; because whom would this leave to be ordinary?

I've been writing for myself since I was a teenager - I got into top-lining for some other artists/producers, but the focus was always on my own stuff.

Suffering is there because there's something we're not understanding about our full divinity, and there are so many ways we could go into understanding.

As far as the execution is concerned ... the most frequent and most serious mistake is to follow the music instead of preceding it.