I get stage fright and gremlins in my head saying: 'You're going to forget your lines'.

I think there's some connection between absolute discipline and absolute freedom.

We're dead as a species if we don't tell stories, because then we don't know who we are.

In theater, you've got to be aware of your whole body because it involves stamina. It involves two-and-a-half hours and a sustained release of energy, maybe for six months.

One thing I will say - my job gets harder and harder. The more you understand about what you are capable of, the less the instrument can do it physically. It's an inverse equation, if that's the right phrase. I just slammed those two words together. It sounded right.

Being on the stage in New York is always exciting because you feel like you're part of the life of the city.

And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible.