There's nothing more ironic or contradictory than life itself.

I go to Paris, I go to London, I go to Rome, and I always say, 'There's no place like New York. It's the most exciting city in the world now. That's the way it is. That's it.'

I always enjoy coming to Israel. Israelis are warm, they're energetic people. Forthright. Very smart. I always like smart people. They're nice people, you know. Aggressive, and I respect that aggressiveness because you need it in their situation.

The hardest thing about being famous is that people are always nice to you.

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.

The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing. Isolated, neurotic, caffeine-addled, crippled by procrastination, consumed by feelings of panic, self-loathing, and soul-crushing inadequacy. And that’s on a good day.

You draw on whatever’s relevant to the part you’re playing; it makes it more personal.