Why am I so famous? What am I doing right? What are the others doing wrong?

What reaches an audience is honesty. If you're saying something truthful that's supposed to be a funny line, it's going to be funny. And if it's supposed to be a serious line, it's going to be serious. But, I don't think there's a distinction between how you play drama or comedy, if it's based in the truth.

Art transcends politics this weekend.

Sometimes, when you work with mediocre talents, they feel entitled. They act like stars. Genuinely talented people don't.

It’s like an American tradition. A person gets successful and then he’s supposed to change for the worse. It’s silly.

It's very often the artist who gives a voice to the voiceless by speaking up when no one else will.

You know, for me, the realization that two people should have the right to form a sacred union regardless of their gender was strengthened when I saw a performance of the play The Normal Heart in 1985. After feeling the love those two men had for each other, I dare anybody not to want them to get married by the end.