My mother worked for a woman, Maria Ley-Piscator, who with her husband founded the Dramatic Workshop, which was connected to the New School. My mother did proofreading and typing and stuff or her, and as part of her payment, I was able to take acting classes there on Saturdays when I was 10.

There is only one way to gain access to the truth and that is to not expect anything.

I always say people can call me anything they want as long as they don't call me late for supper.

Auditions are like a gamble. Most likely you won't get the part, but if you don't go, you'll never know if you could've got it.

Things rarely turn out the way we want them to.

Money makes your life easier. If you're lucky to have it, you're lucky.

As an actor who's starting out, you can't say, "Hey, I'm too good for this." You gotta do it, because people see you, your name gets around, and it has a cumulative effect.