I'd have conversations with the camera crew about what was going on in the scene, so that they were prepared to shoot it. I love the fact that when you work, you create this tribe.

You create this situation where you are so dependent on each other. That's especially true for film. In theater, the actor has much more say, much more control, for better or worse.

When I tell people I'm a comedian they say, 'Oh, are you funny?' I say, 'No, it's not that kind of comedy.'

I'm a native New Yorker. Everything to do with New York feels like my family.

Sometimes what happens is that, when you micromanage actors and moments, it just doesn't quite live.

If you can just see all the children of the world as your own, all the mothers of the world as you are, we can make a huge difference.

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