Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.

I think people who aren't in film experience that when they hear their voice on an answering machine or something.

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the listener.

I studied psychology in school, and the best psychology is in literature. It's so much easier to understand a character than a theory. You can recognize yourself—or other people—in a different way.

Love is very much perceived as "I couldn't control myself; it's love." But you can. Everything you do in response is a choice.

My response was that more than half of Israelis are of Sephardic origin. Many of these Jews come from Arab lands and share the same physical skin color.

Actually I want to scare away method actors because it's a pain. It's like, 'Come on, what are you doing? It's not real. What are you doing? Oh, you're really brooding. Okay, good. Go to your trailer. I'll see you in an hour.'