Even though I grew up as a Sephardic Jew in Brooklyn where we ate Syrian food and went to temple, it was still America.

The moon is such a planet, I can’t even stand it. What else is it if it’s not a planet?

I'm not trying to be the next Joan Rivers.

I'd love to talk to Joaquin Phoenix because he's a very private guy. Also, he's creating a new kind of sexy leading man. To me, his face is new and might be legendary someday.

I encourage you to stop saying, "I just want to look not so bad" and instead say, "I want to look fabulous."

You know what makes me teary? Goya. Goya makes me cry.

The last thing I want to become is one of those talking heads where everything is satiny smooth and you know what the next question is going to be