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

You don'’t always have to have the answer to everything.

I always go back to how people behave. If you watch how people actually behave in a situation, it's very simple and honest and contained. You don't need to use as much expression, as much feeling. Some characters will boil over, and that's another thing, but a lot of times I think you can just do very, very little.

The older you get, the more you know about certain things.

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

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.

It's important not to indicate. People don't try to show their feelings, they try to hide them.