I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?

Even the greatest actors have had dry spells where they've wondered if they were going to work again.

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like playing three-card monte on Canal Street.

I only play projects with weird interpretations of presidents.

I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing.

You never know when you'll have a bad idea for a worse joke.

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current.