You kill three people, they call you a murderer. You kill a million people, they call you a conqueror. Go figure.

I'd sleep under a Vermeer.

If it's well written and well directed and you've got good actors to work with, acting is easy. But making sure all the ducks are in a row is the hard part. It's very rare

I really prize and love great painting. It's so out of date now. It's slightly come back in.

Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.

I have a lot of faith in people.

What you aspire to on a sitcom is the feeling of live comedy.