The inherent corruption of man can often bring down the best system.

In the same way that Shakespeare was writing very much for his time, he was also unearthing observations that would last for generations beyond him.

Sometimes time constraints bring out something cool.

Anybody who believes and experiences their life and doesn't have shades of gray in it doesn't live where I live and is simply not in touch with the reality of the human condition.

I think with the smaller-scale projects, the burden for success falls more squarely on the shoulders of the actors and the director and the script.

You learn a lot about a person when you work together.

My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.