I now realize that I was very fortunate to have grown up in many different places, surrounded by all kinds of people, all kinds of points of view.

When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.

It's almost a standard tactic, really, to try to minimize any effort that people in the entertainment business or in any public occupation make to express themselves.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.

Here's where we are, this is what's happening. So do something, or get out of the kitchen.

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

Sometimes a scene works and acting is the easiest thing in the world and you don't have to do much of anything - just enjoy yourself and listen to the other actor. When it doesn't work, then every actor has different ways of dealing with the impasse. Sometimes you use memories from the past. Whatever. It depends from job to job.