I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other.

I'm actually a very bad surfer, which is good because everybody likes a bad surfer. Nobody likes a good surfer.

Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused

You always have to create the character from the ground up.

There's the private persona and the public persona and the two shall never meet

Where else do you find great directors? Acting is one of the places.

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.