I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising.

Its the difference between instinct and intuition.

I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright.

I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York.

I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows.

My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election.

As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.

I think that everything I've ever done at some point is part of someone else's legacy.

I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.

I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

It was all in His hands now - as it had always been.

No need for everyone to look the same. The secret is to wear what suits you best!

How can you get giants out of a dwarf, my good chap? Can a thrush lay eagle’s egg? Can a dolphin give birth to a whale?

My brother and I are always trying to figure out a way to work again together.

Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we've violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they manufacture wisdom. But regret-regret is useless.

Just as a prayer may be merely a mechanical intonation as of a bird, so may a fast be a mere mechanical torture of the flesh.

If you can't get up for an old woman on the bus, you can't be an officer in the IDF.

The one who adapts his policy to the times prospers, and likewise that the one whose policy clashes with the demands of the times does not.

There is no greater source of strength and power for me in my life than going still, being quiet and recognizing what real power is.

Each character is an allegory for every aspect of human existence.