My mom was a great cook and great baker all her life.

When I was your age, I used to treat the crust like it was just there to hold the good stuff in. I used to leave the whole back end of it on the plate. As I got older, I learned to appreciate the crust.

I got married because I wanted to do something that was more than I understood, because my feelings were more than I understood.

If you stand too close to a painting - all you see are patches of color, if you stand too far back, you can't see any of the detail.

Arthur Miller said one of my favorite lines ever, that he had the mother say to her two sons about a very unstable father in Death of a Salesman. She said, "Attention must be paid." It's one of the most resonant lines that I think he ever wrote, and I think attention must be paid to the truth.

I have no problem with violence, I have no problem playing horrible people.

All great men usually are awakened by the great women in their lives. No matter what friction is there, if that relationship was there, that usually is their best friend, at the end of the day.