I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.

I got some news for you. One, there is no Jesus. Two, there is no God. Three, mind your own business and everything works out.

The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.

I loved journalism until the day my journalism teacher, a man I revered, came by my desk and said, 'Are you planning on going into journalism?' I said, 'Yeah.' He said, 'I wouldn't.' I said, 'Well, why not?' He said, 'You can't make a living.'

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

I regard myself as a beautiful musical instrument, and my role is to contribute that instrument to scripts worthy of it.

It's like an athlete. He has a string of hot years, and then he fades into nothingness. The actor doesn't necessarily fade into nothingness. After his hot years, he fades into a different category.