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.

Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.

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.'

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.

Where the work goes, I go. Wherever adulation occurs, that's where you'll find me.

There are genuinely sufficient resources in the world to ensure that no one, nowhere, at no time, should go hungry.