My mother kept the house clean and we ate good. I didn't know we were poor until I started giving interviews.

You know, London is so sprawling, and you can sometimes forget that anybody else is on a stage anywhere else.

It's closer to just acting in a film because it was a six-month commitment. We got to fly all over the world.

I've always felt like I work in a small little area that doesn't represent anything like the rest of society.

Even though my father was a radio comedian, it wasn't cool to say, at a young age, 'I want to be a comedian.'

My parents weren't involved in show business but my parents would show me. We'd watch old films in the house.

[ Woody Allen] persona in the films are so iconic; it's like on par with Groucho Marx or something like that.

When I was doing a movie called 'The Seeker,' I was fortunate enough to be able to do a lot of my own stunts.

I like movies that instill passion in the viewer. I like movies that can teach us about who we are as people.

The people on 'Quintuplets' were great, but I wasn't a producer on that show, and it wasn't exactly my taste.

In 'Citadel,' I play a very young father. When I first signed onto 'Hunky Dory,' I was actually 18 years old.

It's just a matter of me opening up the page and whatever is written on the page, that's what I'm here to do.

I like the Baldwin boys a great deal. Alec is super-smart, super-articulate, almost too smart to be an actor.

If I get the opportunity to be an actor and do some cool, fun and interesting projects, I'm going to do that.

I think that obstacles lead to growth and ultimately, the most learning I've done in my life is between jobs.

Every individual suffers from the fear of failure, but you can change your destiny only when you overcome it.

As for my stand, I think it has become difficult in our country to be a Hindu and a liberal at the same time.

Jason Alexander is a committed actor, he went from working on a show about nothing to actually doing nothing.

I would say I'm 90 percent collaborative in everything I do, and 10 percent of the time I just make the call.

I really think that technology has the greatest potential to accelerate happiness of most things in the world

I want to go behind the scenes as well as on screen. I think you have to make your own destiny in this world.

Do It Under the Influence Yourself! That's what we're shooting for! Get drunk and make your dreams come true.

(As) a director who is a writer, I have respect for writers, so I'm less likely to step on an idea or a line.

The successful people of this world take life as it comes. They just go out and deal with the world as it is.

I've always played the guy with the gun and the knife. That's how many actors start out, playing the bad guy.

Film and television essentially feel the same when you're doing it, because it's the same technical approach.

It might sound glib, but in a sense, as an actor Im a journalist and a psychologist recording life and truth.

My agent makes 10% of what you make. When your agent tells you to take a vacation, you know you're exhausted.

The best thing to do is to get out in front of an audience as much as you can, and learn from the experience.

I walk my dogs. I garden a little. I play a bit of tennis. Basically when I have spare time I'm making music.

You don't have to have all this film stock, you can work faster, and you don't need a giant crew. It's great.

There are only three men in the world who are licensed to wear shorts: Brad Pitt, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise.

I can't imagine laying a finger on my kids. I go the other way and probably because my father was so abusive.

Most dictators were short, fat, middle-aged and hairless. Besides Danny Devito, there's only me to play them.

Having power and being in a position of power can really blur your judgement, and it's not always that clear.

I'm very bad with music. I don't know any new music. I've listened to the same 10 or 12 albums my whole life.

Michael Moore got booed at the Oscars, so how liberal is Hollywood? Honestly, it's not liberal enough for me!

Be it in the movies I make or on stage, I think it's a trap to keep doing the same thing over and over again.

I am they type of person that once I make a decision, I must execute. Maybe I am a perfectionist in this way.

I've never seen a publicist that could protect me from things, protect anyone from what's going on out there.

My mother emails me stuff about when she finds a paparazzi photo and theyre like, his hair is out of control.

Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.

I don't see how I ever could have thought that having an all-white crew for a special about race would be OK.

I think every leading man wants to be a character actor, and every character actor wants to be a leading man.

The difference between trying to be fit and not being fit really means the difference between life and death.

Love between two adults is always conditional. You can fall out of love because you are able to fall in love.

I'm paying the third highest alimony and child support in the world. And the only two ahead of me are sheiks.

I enjoyed in every way my 12 years of playing Archie, and I wasn't personally sad about finishing a long job.

I think as an actor you're lucky to have any film take on a life of its own long after it's left the theater.

Kids keep getting wiser younger, which is dangerous, and adults need to stop taking themselves too seriously.

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