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Ultimately, theatre takes place in the minds of the audience: they all imagine the same thing at the same time.
When Mom had her first nervous breakdown, she said she had a vision of Christ coming to her in the living room.
Sometimes it's difficult directing yourself on film because you can't quite separate yourself from the subject.
I go where I think I can enjoy myself. Sometimes it's on a big movie, and sometimes it's even on a silly movie.
When I shot 'Private Practice,' Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting.
I was a very spastic kid who loved to see how high he could climb a tree. That's just the way I've always been.
I have a smaller bottom lip, but in 'Wheeler,' I had a lip over my lip. It's fat, and it helped with my accent.
I'm always reading plays, and when I find something that I really want to do, then I'll make the time to do it.
What was so lovely about 'O.J.' and 'This Is Us' to a certain extent is that I got a chance to surprise people.
Got my fungal foot powder? Ah, it's a lifesaver, you know. I'd effectively be disabled if it weren't for these.
Social media is its own sort of thing: Twitter and Facebook have changed the way everyone perceives everything.
The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.
There's someone out there for everyone - even if you need a pickaxe, a compass, and night goggles to find them.
We've taken what was just once a racetrack and made it a multifaceted gaming destination for the entire region.
Everybody thinks they have the answer to how to be a good parent. Here's mine: Everybody's gonna make mistakes.
When I write about working-class people, I do so in ways that reveal them at their absolute, magnificent worst.
Everyone can have a rough day at the office, as they say. I've had those myself many times when the bell rings.
We're all expendable. We think the world's going to stop when a pope dies, or a king. And then... life goes on.
Yogi Bear was a real moment in my life. Post-Yogi Bear: don't drink as much. Pre-Yogi Bear: like to drink much.
I think the physical comedy in action sequences is fantastic. Like, '21 Jump Street' did a great job with that.
My parents separated it, and that let me know that TV life wasn't my normal life; that was my job and my hobby.
What's really important to me is somebody who can totally let loose and pretty much be themselves and have fun.
My job playing Sam Malone was to let the audience in, to love my bar full of people. And that informed my life.
I want to be the condensation on the glass. I want to be that phenomenon that takes place between hot and cold.
If my goal is to become a movie star, me working at a pizza shop won't help me. I have to make the stars align.
You get money out of acting. You get gray hair out of directing. Actually, I get more of a rush from directing.
I like Spike Lee a lot. He's incredibly gifted and I don't think he gets the credit he deserves as a filmmaker.
When I got to New York, all I wanted to do - or so I thought - was win a Tony award or, at least, be nominated.
Honestly, racism is something learned, not something that you just pick up one day and wish to dislike someone.
Actors are able to trick themselves into treating anything as if it's fantastic. It's a kind of madness really.
When I entered the profession, I didn't make a big deal of it. People didn't really know I was my parents' son.
In your mid-30s, it’s time to start playing guys of compromise. And as you get older, men of bitter compromise.
There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
The thing about 'Doctor Who' is it's chased around the world, so there's 50 fans hanging out at every location.
The Westerns I like aren't really comedies. I'm drawn to the scope of them and the land as a central character.
If I'd been a parent to myself, I would have been scared because I was only ever interested in my own thoughts.
When you do a good theatrical production, sometimes you dream about that 8 o'clock curtain call for six months.
I grew up in the projects in Brooklyn, and I consider myself lucky and blessed to be where I am - just working.
I've always been fascinated with what motivates people's transgressions and the scandalous journey into infamy.
You have to know the story that you're telling, and you have to know the tone in which the story is being told.
I eat whatever I want. I can get away with it. There are some strict regiment eatings, but I don't follow them.
When you're under stress as a human being, you behave oddly and your relationships with people become strained.
I prefer the smaller acting than big histrionics. It's about reacting and looks, which is often underestimated.
The most fun you can possibly have as an actor is to walk that line between what's real and what's interesting.
When you're acting, it should be the most important thing that's going on. But when you're not, leave it alone.
I've never been monogamous. It might happen, but it never has yet. I don't understand women, I'm off that kick.
I aimlessly travel, meaning I have no agenda other than to get small in the world, be quiet and observe people.
I'm keenly aware of the Pride coming before the Fall . . . but I really do like what I've been able to do here.
I'm a huge Toronto Maple Leafs fan, and the only other teams whose games I go to are the Rangers and the Kings.
Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save.