I think there should be a law - and I know this is extreme - that no one can have a gun in the U.S. If you have a gun, you go to jail. Only the police should have guns.

Without art there is no hope.

I'm going to try really hard not to be bossy, but I've only done stand-up comedy and then my own show where you're the total boss of everything!

I was 29 and I really fell in love, I think, for the first time. I was vulnerable in a way I didn't think I could be.

You should be able to tell your child, "This is an actor. And she's older than Mommy!"

I'd always admired writers. I'd always loved words on a page. Somehow, words seemed to bypass image and get straight to the heart of things. Somehow, words seemed big enough to contain pain, and sentences could pull broken bits together.

I don't think you choose whether or not you're gay.