Somebody steals from me, I'm gonna say you stole. Not talk to him for spitting on the sidewalk. Understand?

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.

In acting, I always try to go back to what would actually be the real situation, the real human behavior in life.

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

Don't let yourself get attached to anything you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you feel the heat around the corner.

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

You don't have to rush to do anything.