If I wasn't an actor, I'd be a teacher, a history teacher. After all, teaching is very much like performing. A teacher is an actor, in a way. It takes a great deal to get, and hold, a class.

I decided at age 9, but I was reinforced at age 13 when a teacher told me I had talent. I can't say she really motivated me because I already knew. I knew I had talent. I went to the Jewish community theater and got in plays there. Then I went for the movies.

People who commit adultery must die. Everyone knows that. Any movie tells you that!

It's fun to see the light in someone's eyes. It's fun to give your own eccentric experience and have it land. That's fun.

Tabouli is the best salad, but still, you don't win friends with salad

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

There is one solution to all of our problems: Teaching our kids clarity of thought and political representation in democracy. That's it.