I've got the Jewish guilt and the Irish shame and it's a hell of a job distinguishing which is which.

It was all completely incomprehensible to me. I was fearful of the language. You had to look up every third word.

When you have satire, it has to be real. No matter how outrageous the comedy becomes, you have to believe in the characters.

Playing Shakespeare requires technique. You don't play a Bach toccata by getting in the mood.

But, I do think, on a very simplistic level, that we can project onto dogs because they are so innocent. They don't come with a lot of baggage.

But you have to trust your instincts. Because you're not going to try it 20 different ways during rehearsal. You'll try it two or three different ways, maybe, but then you've got five other scenes you're shooting that day. You've got to keep going.

You know, actors are fans, too. And talent is very attractive to me.