Mother Teresa was asked what was the meaning of life, and she said to help other people, and I thought, 'What a strange thing to say' - but maybe it's the right thing to say.
Life
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Everyone's a geek in some way or other. Everyone's an outsider.
Wisdom
I get very homesick, but otherwise it's a great privilege to get to travel for work.
Success
People ask me what my hobbies are in interviews, and I always say biking. But all I bike for is to get to rehearsal more quickly.
Wisdom
I don't follow sports that much now, but I was a Phoenix Suns fanatic in the early '90s.
Wisdom
As an actor, you try to bring as much of yourself to a part to try and create a feeling of authenticity and emotional truth and resonance.
Truth
Depression, if it's an unconsciously elected experience, is a luxury.
Wisdom
It's really hard to copy another actor and be successful. In fact, that's usually the reason people are not good, because they're copying something they've seen, but, for some reason with their face and their body, it doesn't work.
Success
I felt self-conscious going out in the street prior to ever even being in a movie. That's just me.
Wisdom
I know some amazing actors who are not mortified every moment of the day, so my feeling is that maybe you don't have to be a wreck to be good.
Wisdom
I tend to be pessimistic about everything: If things seem to be going good, I'm worried that it's going to end; if things are bad, then I'm worried that it's going to be permanent. It's not a very comfortable attitude to have all the time.
Wisdom
The scariest people to turn a movie over to are always the people who are drawing up the poster, because that's the first impression it's going to make. And very often it's portraying a very different film from the one the actors actually did.
Wisdom
When you are in a live-action movie, you have so many more options to express yourself. You can use your body and your gestures and facial expressions. When you are doing an animated movie, you really only have your voice.
Wisdom
When you do a play, you have the kind of nightly feeling of accomplishment. But you also have the daily dread of the doing it every night. And because you're doing the whole thing every day, it's like climbing up the mountain every single night. With a movie it's like climbing the mountain very slowly, over months of filming.
Wisdom
As an actor, you are in a unique position because you're not only memorizing dialogue but really embodying it. You naturally feel the rhythm of good writing.
Wisdom
As for environmentalism, I'm only an environmentalist by accident. I live in New York, so I bike, and the closest grocery store to me sells organic produce. I also shop with a book bag because I ride a bike, and it's hard to carry the paper or plastic bags.
Wisdom
All of my pleasures are guilty, but that's just the way I'm wired.
Wisdom
Acting forces me to socialise, which is good for me, I think.
Wisdom
As an actor, you have to be open to doing things where you look stupid, to be experimental.
Wisdom
I feel equal parts lucky and scared anytime I get a job.
Wisdom
I grew up in a secular suburban Jewish household where we only observed the religion on very specific times like a funeral or a Bar Mitzvah.
Wisdom
I have one female fan. But she lives with me. I'm not aware of any others.
Wisdom
I live in New York City, so there's so much stimulation when you walk outside, it does not require a television in the home.
Wisdom