You know, I don't support esoteric approaches to acting.

You can't always do the extraordinary, in between you have to do the ordinary. Because if you didn't, what would constitute the extraordinary?

Becoming an actor is like becoming a father. It's not hard to become one. Making a life of it is the challenge.

Facts can be so misleading, where rumors, true or false, are often revealing.

You're always being cast for what you've been in last.

You need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

If the shoe fits, you must wear it.

I think Stephen Sondheim is a - and I hardly ever use this word - but this is as close as it gets to a genius.

I have always been so interested in film as a medium.

One does not contradict the other.Straight-faced is the basis of all decent comedy.

I'm open to working anywhere, but not on anything.

When we go out knowing whose interests we are representing, people cannot oppose us because it is pointless to fight God, who lives in us

Who seeks a faultless friend remains friendless.

Being a mom is hard, I think a lot of working moms feel that way.

A wise man does nothing by constraint.

The joy of being in the studio is having people being utterly free to throw out their ideas.

I was always pretty good at adapting to my situations. My act was never that inside, where it was like, "Okay, they're either going to get this or they're not."

Even Christian—the poster child for "smartass"—looked grim.

So you can't live in Manhattan?' she asked. Amos's brow furrowed as he looked across at the Empire State Building. 'Manhattan has other problems. Other gods. It's best we stay separate.

Let us do something, while we have the chance! ... Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily for one the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us!

I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has turned out badly.