I've really learned to compartmentalize the different parts of my life. I work really hard.

Movies will make you famous; Television will make you rich; But theatre will make you good.

I want to be a man who mixes strengths and compassion. That's my magic elixir, so to speak.

I am a universalist, passionately devoted to the cause of equality within the human family.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.

I love going to the feed store and drinking coffee and talking about how much rain we need.

To some extent I could identify with that because I kind of just made my money and got out.

I don't pretend anything anymore. I don't have time, desire or energy to calculate anymore.

The name of the game is efficiency; we have to play that game with our toys and our brains.

You know, what a producer does is one of the great mysteries in life, so anyone can be one.

There aren't a lot of great parts out there that are interesting for people in my category.

I've done a pretty good job of curating a Twitter feed that doesn't make me hate the world.

A great tribute, is expressing the great love for a Grandmother we share with our children.

One longs to be funny, to make people laugh. Laughter is such a sign of approval, isn't it?

We are what the past has made us. We are what the future will make us. Live now. Right now.

I'd go as far as it takes. There's never too far. You do what you have to do for your girl.

I love Ice Cube and Charlie Day. They're brilliant men, great actors and very funny people.

I do stand up sometimes out of anger. Sometimes the greatest stuff comes from a dark place.

My children are 10 and three, and the longing and the need for them is incredibly powerful.

Comedy can be fun no matter what you're playing. It always has the potential to be a blast.

I hate clowns and I would never do anything getting near a clown, I can't go to the circus.

If you're black, you can't just be ordinary. All successful black people are extraordinary.

Warhol took outcasts and made them into stars. There will never be another artist like him.

I think if you don't say something it's lying by omission. I personally think it's immoral.

I love the long-form rehearsal process with theater, brick by brick, to build another life.

I have more free time than a lot of individuals, so, instead of talking, I sometimes write.

'Life Aquatic' was the first movie I did, and it's been an incredible adventure since then.

'The Wire' really is an American classic, and I think that's something to be very proud of.

Outside of traffic, there is nothing that has held this country back as much as committees.

The problem ain't what people know. It's what people know that ain't so that's the problem.

An onion can make people cry but there's never been a vegetable that can make people laugh.

It looks to me like any man that wants to be President in times like these lacks something.

I guess truth can hurt you worse in an election than about anything that can happen to you.

For me, the greater purpose of the story is just to illuminate some pattern of human truth.

It's simply a tragedy that anyone today goes blind from glaucoma, when it's so unnecessary.

I have a tendency to say 'yes' to a script or no to a script. Not 'yes' based on a rewrite.

In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.

Oh sure, I have a few black people in my family tree. They're probably still hanging there.

I mean, personally, I would have had no problem surviving. Come on, how hard is it to swim?

I wanted to say something about the universe. There's God, angels, plants... and horseshit.

It's every actor's dream to work in a hit show on Broadway and also shoot a television show.

Sometimes chemistry does the trick, and other times, you have to forge that with the people.

You can get samosas in any pub in England today, pretty much. So, "Gunga Din" has come back.

I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape.

I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.

Even on your hiatus, you feel like you need to keep the character in the back of your brain.

I do stupid stuff like that: I'll call my wife from the road, send her pictures of glaciers.

I immediately said yes for one reason and one reason only....Netflix rhymes with Wet Chicks.

Some nights, I wear my cape, and I go out on the pier. It is foggy... I look for... Riddler.

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