My dad is kind of a rascal, like in a Dickensian sense. He just goes from career to career..

People are still people, and they make their decisions based on their life experiences and their beliefs. You really can't divorce the two. It's impo….

I thought I was going to be a ballet dancer for awhile there. I had a good teacher at Interlochen, this arts' academy in Michigan, who taught me the ….

The place I feel most at home is when I have health insurance. I really don't care how I get it, whether it's on film, or television or waiting table….

You never know when you'll have a bad idea for a worse joke..

You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person..

You never can take for granted that you have a job..

You know, 1% of us is in the armed forces, protecting the other 99, and they're all volunteers..

I always felt that if somebody picks on you it's because they're not happy doing what they're doing..

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing..

Maybe I'm naive, but I subscribe to the idea that nobody is actually making strategic decisions about their career. Trying to do that would be like p….

I'm just looking for things to steal [on working with great actors]. It's like going back to acting school. When you're around people that do it well….

Don't trust somebody that don't have a troubled period..

You learn history in school, and you have a reverential feeling toward it. But by being irreverent, it feels current..

I can always go back to construction. That's great money, but the problem is you can cut off your hand..

New Orleans in an amazing town..

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer..

If it doesn't feel like a job and I'm learning something and getting that rush that I get, I don't care if it's behind a camera, on a TV set, or on t….

Every job is an opportunity to be a better person..

The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law..

I went to Julliard and we did a lot of mask work there, and I remember thinking in class, 'When am I ever going to use this?.