I don't mean to criticize anyone in any way that I wouldn't criticize myself. I think people should have fun, and have a good time, and enjoy the luck that we have to be lazy and dwell in consumerism. But I think that it's a balance. And our job as actors is empathy.

Ninety per cent of how you learn is watching great people. When you are surrounded by good actors it lifts your performance.

Hillary Clinton is incredibly prepared and smart on all of the issues.

I speak fluent Hebrew and even dream in Hebrew when we visit there, once or twice a year.

Some relationships aren't true relationships. And it's usually when the other person does something really terrible that you realize it. And that's when it's time to move on.

My father has a general rule. He says if I haven't done it in real life I shouldn't do it on-screen.

As a director you have to - you don't have the option of saying, "I'm not watching this."