We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives.

The word "hedonistic" to me means pleasure above all else. My pleasure above all else.

In general, I'm always interested in characters who have kind of extreme aspects to them, who are in some ways larger than typical people.

I've always thought that, in a sense, the more specific and sometimes even the smaller the world of a movie is, the more universal it is.

I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish.

I always did plays in school because I thought it was fun, but it just never occurred to me as a thing to do.

We must agree to live in this world, with all that is unfair about it, without knowing why, if we wish to have a God in our lives.