When I moved to New York, I wanted to be in the ensemble of 'Hairspray.' That was my goal.

I wanted to work with Michael Mayer because I'd seen 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' six times.

What's great about being an actor is you meet people and form a relationship very quickly.

I am a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino, who takes time to figure out what his next movie is.

Your heart has a little empty corner. You won't even know I'm there -- I'll be very quiet.

The doctor's wife ate two apples a day, just to be safe. But her husband kept coming home.

The films I find boring are the ones that have no space for the audience's misconceptions.

I'm always trying to find something unique or a project that I can do something unique in.

I'm a lot older than my little brothers and sister, so I think I grew up babysitting them.

I don't consider lacrosse a sport. To me that's just a frat activity that got out of hand.

I always prefer things straight up, not cold or watered down. Not big on cocktails either.

We would never do anything for the sole purpose of bumming people out or upsetting people.

Of course being in movies is very exciting, and it's a wonderful thing for an actor to do.

Letters are something from you. It's a different kind of intention than writing an e-mail.

Anything where there's great enthusiasm, and a place to come share what you think is cool.

I just felt that if I went into Speed 2, I just... wouldn't have come up out of the water.

It's the teenage and university crowd, so we give them lots of sex jokes and gross humour.

You have to realize that Mel [Gibson], he's a funny guy. He's got a wicked sense of humor.

I was a drama major also so it's cool to cuss for meaning, but for no apparent reason, no.

Comedy is here to bring joy to the world, whether you want to hear the curse words or not.

In the hands of a great poet, words have ways of affecting us in ways we don't understand.

When you cast someone like Natalie Portman, the character can't just be the love interest.

Even in the case of a god, audiences - paradoxically - enjoy recognizing the human traits.

There's a moment in time where kids really don't want to hear anything from their parents.

You're this rat in the American maze, working your way towards the cheese, which is a job.

The worst thing about being lied to, is realizing they don't think you're worth the truth.

I want to reach the status of becoming a mogul. And the only way you get there is by work.

Some sarcasm is best told simply. Some humor is best told big and some is best told small.

My mom was very strict. She didn't let me watch anything rated R or anything with cussing.

I am very romantic. In fact, I just renewed my vows... although it was with another woman.

Any day that is designated to shower the person you love with love is my favorite holiday.

If you want a transcript of tonight's program, get a pen and write down everything I said.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

As a producer or financier, you are going to go where you get the best bang for your buck.

You have to really be careful with what you see and read because you can't believe it all.

I will always approach life from a small-town vibe. It makes experiences more fantastical.

A date is an experience you have with another person that makes you appreciate being alone

The only change I can really see is that I don't have to shop for pants in stores anymore.

Acting is a masochistic form of exhibitionism. It is not quite the occupation of an adult.

Acting is illusion, as much illusion as magic is - and not so much a matter of being real.

Apathy is the slow poison coursing through the body politic that paves the way to tyranny.

Welcome to the figurative world of poetry where nothing is 'real,' but everything matters.

If it's a worthwhile project, no matter where it's created, it'll be competitive anywhere.

It's so nice that today, young gay men have a choice about who they want to hang out with.

I feel as if I've been to Miami a million times because I do so many cruises out of Miami.

I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there.

I love going to the gym, sweating, running around, feeling like I'm having a heart attack.

...Venice has been the living future of contemporary American history since its inception.

If I'm doing my job as an actor, the audience knows everything I know about the character.

I'm in control of things happening in my aviation career. And I'm not in my acting career.

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