Instead of being a theater actor who sometimes does movies I became a movie actor who sometimes does theater.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.

I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't.

Look at the darkest hit musicals - Cabaret, West Side Story, Carousel - they are exuberant experiences. They send you out of the theater filled with music

Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species, and be loving.

Time sneaks up on you like a windshield on a bug.

It's a very tough time for the playwright. Broadway has become almost a musical comedy theme park with all these long-running shows.

I learned the most about myself, and you ask what I learned? Well, I learned my strengths and my weaknesses, and it's far more important to learn about your weaknesses than your strengths.

The most exciting acting tends to happen in roles you never thought you could play.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

In animation, there's this exhilarating moment of discovery when you see the film and you say, Oh THAT'S what I was doing.

For what is truth? In matters of religion, it is simply the opinion that has survived. In matters of science, it is the ultimate sensation. In matters of art, it is one's last mood.

We are never either so wretched or so happy as we say we are.

The landscape should belong to the people who see it all the time.

People are always ruining things for you.

To write about business one should be in business, just as in writing about Tasmania one should visit Tasmania.

Children are a precious gift, but they belong to no one but themselves. They are only lent us a little while.

Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.

Consistency is better than perfection. We can all be consistent-perf ection is impossible.

You are the Master, the mind is your servant. That is the correct relationship.

When I was younger, I was like full eyeliner, tons of mascara, blush, and a red lip thinking, Oh, this is sexy. And now I think natural is better.