That experience [in Hail, Caesar! ] ruined me for all future experiences, because the Coen brothers are the best. They're arguably the greatest of all time, if there is such a thing.

My parents went crazy when they found out that I had gotten the part in 'Conversations With My Father!' I'd never given acting a thought. They were proud of me and very encouraging.

What's great is that because math is such a universal language, really, our fans come in all shapes and sizes, all ages and genders and races and backgrounds and cultures.

So many shows out there dumb-down the country. It's so admirable to be part of a show that wants people to think.

[10 Things I Hate About You] was the most fun I ever had making a movie. Everyone got along really, really well from day one. It was like summer camp.

There is only so much I can understand and not screw up.

[Lauren Ambrose's] character [in Can't Hardly Wait] feels real and unexaggerated and becomes sort of a heroine archetype. I think that was cool. It wasn't in every one of those comedies.

Me, I look in the mirror and all I see is this Jewish kid from Queens.

Obviously [Can't Hardly Wait] wasn't in American Pie, which was a movie about some teenage boys.

I lost some weight, grew my hair and now every woman in America over 40 wants to date me. It's their daughters I want to convince.

To go to L.A. and be on the Addams Family set? It was beautiful production design and an illustrious set. I'm focused on never losing that sense of privilege. I'm still like, "I'm super lucky."

Much of someone's real character lies in what they don't say about themselves.

When we observe contemporary society one thing strikes us. We debate but make no progress. Why? Because as peoples we do not yet trust each other.

The joy of life is made up of obscure and seemingly mundane victories that give us our own small satisfactions.

I will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anyone else.

Nobody else is going to do the things which are yours to be done in the world.

I left halfway through my third year to start Lipstick On Your Collar, which was the first thing I ever did.

I'm a very organised and rational and linear thinker and you have to stop all that to write a novel.

It is our response to our circumstances rather than the degree of difficulty that determines whether or not we are discontent

I only debate with serious political youth formations. Not a group of the racist Helen Zille's garden boys.

I first wanted to be a comedian when I was six or seven and my dad showed me Laurel and Hardy's "Perfect Day" on tv.