The Jewish culture - people that are Jewish have a certain cultural habit that they've formed and one of those habits is an appreciation of theater and music - these are cultural things one does associate with values that are promulgated by Jewish families. I think that's a good thing.

Yes, but the difference is that when you're dead and somebody yells, 'Everybody up, it's morning,' it's very hard to find your slippers.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

Every time you make a movie it's a new and different experience. You learn very little from the past. So, I'm a little bit better than I was when I first started.

If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.

This year I'm a star, but what will I be next year? A black hole?

My mind can never know my body, although it has become quite friendly with my legs.