1. “Good acting is really excellent carpentry.”
2. “Time sneaks up on you like a wind shield on a bug.”
3. “No villain thinks of himself as a villain, and that’s the approach I always take.”
4. “I never get tired of hearing compliments.”
5. “The most exciting acting tend to happen in roles you never thought you could play.”
6. “If you hear enough applause and laughter at a young age, you are doomed to become an actor.”
7. “Take care, be kind, be considerate of other people and other species and be loving.”
8. “Actors are not necessarily smart people.”
9. “Everybody’s a dreamer.”
10. “Academics tend to have wonderfully infantile senses of humor.”
11. “I keep looking for things I haven’t done yet.”
12. “It’s not always easy to be proud of your government.”
13. “We’re in the business of using real emotions to bring pretend emotions to life.”
14. “I am in the business of exploring crazy possibilities.”
15. “When good things come along, you end up saying yes to them. Because they’re rare.”
16. “There is less difference than you would imagine entertaining little children and entertaining adults.”
17. “Comedy is very, very hard to achieve.”
18. “Anytime a culture is in economic stress, ugly things start happening.”
19. “My eagerness to please sometimes gets the better of me.”
20. “Growing up in an atmosphere of storytelling made me an actor.”
21. “I gave up shame a long time ago.”
22. “Books make great gifts because they’re something you love that you can share.”
23. “That’s how you deal with stardom; you make it the least important part of your life.”
24. “It’s nice when you’ve done enough movies that you can do your own anthology.”
25. “When you end a successful sitcom, the most sensible thing to do is go back to the theater.”
