But I’d shot enough independent films as an actor, one as a director. I knew that you have to be very specific when you’re shooting a period picture.

The thing is, I’m a very practical filmmaker.

If you live through the initial stage of fame and get past it, and remember thats not who you are. If you live past that, then you have a hope of maybe learning how to...

I wanted to do an hour-long show, and I wanted to something that was dramatic and sometimes funny and humorous, as well. I’m just delighted to have this opportunity to be a part of this...

It’s become so much about personality. A lot of Hollywood, they don’t work on acting, necessarily. They don’t see you’re gonna fall, make mistakes.

The only happy artist is a dead artist, because only then you can’t change. After I die, I’ll probably come back as a paintbrush.

A lot of producers cookie cut movies one after another, but I’ll be a little more careful, and have the opportunity to be, because I have the acting career to subsidize the producing.

Well actually, some weeks they’ll write that I’m jealous of living in her shadow. Then other weeks, they’ll write that all I want to do is loaf around on her money! It’s ridiculous!

The reason that people say one line at junkets is that they’ve heard the same question 37 times. You get bored out of your mind.

Strive to be authentic all the time. That’s sort of my philosophy on life, which applies to acting.

And Big Night, I think by the end the brothers find that balance, when they touch each other on the shoulder over breakfast and it’s understood that what should never have driven them apart almost...

I was famous from birth.

So it’s been kind of a long road, but it was a good journey altogether.

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book fairs where they invite authors and sell books in advance of the holidays.

Our deal always was that we did one as scripted always, we got it like we thought we needed – so we were all happy with it as written. Then I’d let him play as...

I love it: The push and pull, the constant renegotiating of morals, ethics, what to do, how to live… All of us stuck here together trying to sort it all out. It’s fun. It can...

It’s easy to write a good column if you’ve got good information. It’s hard if you have to depend on style alone. I suppose there are people who can get away with styling on a...

I don’t do comedy so much although I would like to do a comedy.

Rural towns aren’t always idyllic. It’s easy to feel trapped and be aware of social hypocrisy.

When people tell you they saw your last picture – well, the way they say it sounds like they hope it was.

I’ve never met a genius. A genius to me is someone who does well at something he hates. Anybody can do well at something he loves – it’s just a question of finding the subject.

My biggest regret in life is that I didn’t hit John Denver in the mouth while I has the chance.

I’m really into whatever comes my way, really, and never plan what I want to do, but I’ll always take a part that makes me feel good.

I learned to discipline myself to do things I didn’t want to do.

The fact that that’s the difference between Mexicans and Cubans is pronounced. It’s so immediately recognizable, the way a Cuban speaks, the way a Cuban moves the hands.

I do write about people who are complex and are striving with something and can’t quite get past their own stuff, which would be a proxy for myself because that’s what the deal is with...

It is more difficult to work on the streets and it is also very exciting to be there… I find sometimes that it makes you prepare a little harder.

I like normal stuff people fear – like spiders and heights. I’m frightened by the unknown, by things that are hard to figure out and get a grip on.

I lost interest in firearms because we had a dog that was scared to death of the sound of a rifle shot.

It did not feel like something that was going to take over my life and destroy it. It felt like a subtle flower instead of a manipulative demon. That’s the mystery of heroin.

Rescuing animals is the only way to go.

No one could have nicer sisters. No sibling problems there.

I don’t have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

I don’t expect that we’re going to become the biggest craze. If it happened, I’d be really shocked. I think people will dig it, but there will be a sea of people who just don’t...

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.

It’s almost like these games are the modern day comic books, especially when you play Alone in the Dark. There’s a real story that goes along with it and a movie seemed like the right...

So the history of Star Trek is one directed, guided and determined by the Star Trek fans, and here they are again, asserting themselves.

My grandfather taught me generosity. He sold snow cones in Harlem. I went with him at 5 and he let me hand out the change and snow cones. I learned a lot in the couple...

I’m an actor and this is a role I’m playing. But people can get wacky.

Regardless of what people ultimately think about Crazy As Hell, It’s not the type of film that, ten minutes after seeing it, you’re only focused on what you want to eat.

Ninety-five percent of celebrity is good.

The question I always get is, Why didn’t you throw Dr. Smith off the Jupiter? I get that all the time.

As for the future, I’d love to direct movies – even try my hand at producing. My mother keeps encouraging me to make a career of it.

I was a guy who needed to go to class, because I had some raw talent that I thought was identifiable, when I finally made a decision to be an actor. And yet I wanted...

It was a long period of time where I tried to figure out what worked, what didn’t work.

Now we go out to eat earlier – at 5 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. It’s better that way, especially when you have little kids who want to run around.

Either do not attempt at all, or go through with it.

Beauty is a fragile gift.

The bold adventurer succeeds the best.

Give way to your opponent; thus will you gain the crown of victory.