No one looks stupid when they're having fun.

Open-faced sandwiches take risks and live big and smile with all their teeth. These are the people I want to be around.

If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh.

Your career and your passion don't always match up. Plenty of talented people don't have the careers they want. Plenty of untalented people make millions and make movies. There is a difference between determination and talent.

There's only, like, five perfectly symmetrical people in the world, and they're all movie stars, and they should be, because their faces are very pleasing to look at, but the rest of us are just a jangle of stuff, and the earlier you learn that you should focus on what you have and not obsess about what you don't have, the happier you will be.

The creation of the UCB Theatre is by far my proudest professional accomplishment.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin said that New Orleans, when rebuilt, will be a chocolate city. And he will be the delicious nut in the center.