You can't expect people to do the right thing or else they will go to hell. We are already in hell!

I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing

You ask any actor - they'll tell you they'd rather shoot on location because you don't have to invent the energy, the energy is there.

What is important is family, friends, giving back to your community and finding meaning in life.

It's enough to indulge and to be selfish but true happiness is really when you start giving back.

I'm one with New York, and New York is one with me. I grew up there; there's no escaping it. We're like Siamese twins, if you separate us, I'll die.

I don't like putting people on a pedestal, I think ideas are more exciting

When I feel myself getting overwhelmed, I take a deep breath and eat a piece of chocolate.

I think, in a lot of ways, celebrities represent the American dream. They have financial fluidity and options at their disposal.

When you are dealing with real life, there is no way to control it.

I am happy to have success in the entertainment biz, but the root of my happiness comes from my neighborhood, NYC.

Well, in this world of basic stereotyping, give a guy a big nose and some weird hair and he is capable of anything.

Everyone who tells a story tells it differently, just to remind us that everybody sees it differently.

The only service a friend can really render is to keep up your courage by holding up to you a mirror in which you can see a noble image of yourself.

I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.

The real test of one's belief in the doctrine of Habeas Corpus is not when one demands its application on behalf of one's friends but of one's enemies.

My intention is to ask the courts and people of Hong Kong to decide my fate.

nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.

Having a real public outlet is how you imprint something for yourself. It's just a matter of timing. It's like you've marked your territory.

Learning is, in too many cases, but a foil to common sense; a substitute for true knowledge.