Passion should always trump common sense.

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.

I think that's what we love about the vodka, is that it's consistent. It's consistent in its pureness and that's how I tie it to restaurants.

I can get around pretty easily. People don't expect to see me walking around.

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

One regret I have: I didn't get as much of the family history as I could have for the kids.

Time goes on. So whatever you're going to do, do it. Do it now. Don't wait.