It is ironic that in the same year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of DNA, some would have us ban certain forms of DNA medical research. Restricting medical research has very real human consequences, measured in loss of life and tremendous suffering for patients and their families.

I'm going to marry a Jewish woman because I like the idea of getting up Sunday morning and going to the deli.

I don't want people to kick my ass, I just want to get to a point where they can't kick it.

Only a few of us will admit it, but actors will sometimes read a script like this: bullshit...bullshit...my part...blah, blah, blah...my part...bullshit.

When I was 20, I would have taken a bullet in the head to never have to be 35.

I'm kind of private and I keep things inside a lot, but it's been so wonderful to realize that people care about you in a very deep way and that there is some bond between an actor and his audience. I don't even know how to describe that feeling.

If you fixate on the worst-case scenario and it actually happens, you’ve lived it twice.