What happened was that none of that [Emmy nomination] really happened. Numbers flew under the radar, and so around the fourth season, I got really jaded and I wanted to quit.

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."

Even the most ill-formed words, set to paper, are a great blessing.

Our deepest (and fastest) yearnings can be tempered by reason and experience

We measure the value of a civilized society by the number of Libraries it opens, not the number it closes down.

A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.

There are two things which Man cannot look at directly without flinching: the sun and death.

The piano bar is the gateway to the halls of masturbation.

I've been acting since I was six years old, but not professionally.

What has happened to the good old-fashioned travel agent? I want to go to a really posh travel agent and have them organize everything for me. I don't want to do things on the Internet.

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.

I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.