When you're surrounded by brilliant people it really is just easy to do your job.

I grew up in Boston, so it's a nice change to be cold after living in California.

I can sing, but it takes an incredible amount of work for me to sound acceptable.

The pride of the hipster food movement is sort of annoying, but it fascinates me.

Ripping on Republicans is not that fun for us only because everyone else does it.

I may have my personal political thing, but we never wanted it to stain the show.

Humor and paradox are often the only ways to respond to life's sorrow with grace.

You'd never play Hamlet if you started worrying about who's played it before you.

I go on The Daily Beast. The Daily Beast is one of the websites that I check out.

My whole family are hams. They're storytellers and everyone outdoes the next one.

I love animals, and not only do I get to help animals in need, I learn a lot too!

I was going to be the next big voice-over thing, of course, in my mind. I didn't.

What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd? Let’s get the flock out of here.

Essentially, I'm, most of all, a writer. So, what makes people tick interests me.

Why not have fun, man? If I feel like doing something, I just go ahead and do it.

I think the better you know yourself as a person, the better an actor you can be.

I always want to watch something I've done, so that I know what I didn't do well.

In terms of experience with the police, everybody got those. It's such a reality.

I felt a tremendous sadness for men who can't deal with a woman of their own age.

Maybe it's time we all stop trying to outsmart the truth and let it have its day.

The old guys like me started in the theatre. I was in the theatre for nine years.

I'm doing the next Batman. I have to become obsessed about what is offered to me.

I live in fear of being a contented passenger. I'd rather get parts I can't play.

Theater actors are just tolerated. You have to be a movie star to be a celebrity.

If you want to be an agent of change, it starts with you and what you're made of.

Anesthesia is quite remarkable. Its lost time. And you wake up kind of refreshed.

I have some tremendous, tremendously loving, generous friends all over the world.

I love people who are complicated, and I love playing people who are complicated.

My musical influences are from the '50s: Bill Evans, Miles Davis and Ahmad Jamal.

It's so interesting to watch Ben Stiller work because he just knows what's funny.

It would be great to play Cesar Chavez. That would be an interesting role for me.

I get really into research. I know people say that, but I'm really into research.

I delivered my son. There were other people with me, but I was actively involved.

A perfect day would be to get into the car, drive out to Yosemite and go camping.

What's most interesting to me is when [Tony DiNozzo] is just madly inappropriate.

As an actor, I need to get excited about something that I can actually relate to.

I've never felt like a woman fighting in a male world; I've never felt penalised.

Ive got a lot of life left in me and I want to live it doing things I like to do.

Twitter freaks me out. You have followers? It feels so obsessive and proprietary.

Beef is not what Jay said to Nas; Beef is when the working folks can't find jobs.

When I was growing up, my family was so poor we couldn't afford to pay attention.

Gold was a gift to Jesus. If it's good enough for Jesus, it's good enough for me!

I have to accept the fact that, no matter what I do, it's going to annoy someone.

I'm happy with my career and I'm not going to have the trouble of being typecast.

Anybody who has a problem with 'Skins' obviously doesn't understand teenage life.

If you think about America, it is about getting your backpack on and heading out.

Those who have the ability to take action have the responsibility to take action.

I'm always fearful of something happening to people I love. That doesn't go away.

I've approached every character I've ever played with a poem, first and foremost.

I hate television. I hate it as much as peanuts. But I can't stop eating peanuts.

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