It's easy to struggle in New York. I think New York is a bit expensive.

You've got to try and do your best, and the failure is what's funny. But you can't be aware of the failure, you've just got to keep trying to do your best.

I was genuinely starstruck when I met Kermit the Frog. Like many stars here tonight, he's a lot shorter in real life.

There are a lot of good shows that don't get picked up. Like that Ben Stiller pilot, Heat Vision And Jack? That would have been a great show, but somehow it slipped by.

My acting's very understated. I think my sad and happy don't play that differently onscreen.

I think the radio is kind of cool, because you're really free to do whatever you want, because you can go into another world. Whereas in TV, you have to make that world.

I'm easy to get along with, and intolerant.

At the end of your life, you're lucky if you die.

Now it looks like I'll be known as the musical comedy guy. Which is good news for me. Or I'll be known as the New Zealand idiot.

I don't know, man. Look at me. I've changed. I've grown up. I've got a job, got a career ... I drink coffee now.

I definitely miss New Zealand. Mainly friends and family.

May the Creator ignite the spark of light within our soul.

Actors are agents of change. A film, a piece of theater, a piece of music, or a book can make a difference. It can change the world.

I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.

The full he empties, and the empty he fills.

Lenny Bruce genius was the unique ability to investigate hypocrisy and expose social inequities in a street rap that was really a form of poetry.

Anyone who has crossed from the district of Bolkhov into that of Zhizdra will probably have been struck by the sharp difference between the natives of the provinces of Orel and Kaluga.

Philanthropy is no longer about writing a check for $10,000 to the opera.

Those tasks that have been entrusted to us are difficult; almost everything serious is difficult; and everything is serious.

The reason that the unions and the other stakeholders have not cut a deal with the automakers is because they believe the federal government is going to bail them out.