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" I am very good with dialects, but the two that I can't do for some reason are the South African and Australian. "

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" I think, the first time I played Iago at the Public Theater, I realized I had a - much to my chagrin - I realized I had an instinct for these conflicted characters, for these torn characters, for these characters who could be described as evil. I wouldn't describe them that way. "

" We have to remember to respect the faith of people and maybe not the organizations or the groups that manifest around it. "

" I didn't think that a career in theater was very realistic so I thought the only thing I could make money doing and still be somewhat artistic was, god help me, advertising. "

" I live with an 18-month-old Jack Russell named Chicken. He moved in about 15 months ago, and it was very hard at first because I work a lot and he doesn't. "

" If you fall in love with somebody you're working with, fine, but wait till your project is over. "

" I'm not that interested in working with impervious people. "

" Every girl I've gone out with has said something to me first. "

" No offense to the Canadians, but I believe location is like a character, and authenticity really matters. When you're in a place like New York or D.C., you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. I think it's pretty easy these days to tell films that are shot in Toronto. "

" The interesting thing about doing serial television is that the character is growing separate from you, the character and the show are growing, and you get to observe that and participate with it in a way that I think is actually really exciting for an actor. "

" If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic. "

" Everyone assumes that novelists are smarter and more interesting. They're generally smarter and more interesting, but they're often very short. So it kind of cancels all the smart and interesting stuff out. "

" I've never been a heavy practitioner of the method or, at least, with any specific intent; I'm kind of an impulse-based person. Like, I'm sort of waiting for something to happen that I'm not expecting, and I kind of want to jump on that train of emotion, whatever it is, both from myself or from the other actor. "

" Some actors need to be rattled and some need to be focused. "

" I'm kind of an obsessive-compulsive person, like, neat obsessive. "

" The guy who kind of broke the story in 'Spotlight' was a priest, the guy who had sort of done all the research. One of the things he said when one of the 'Spotlight' reporters asked him how he could still remain a Catholic, he said that, 'My faith is in the eternal, and the church is an organization.' "

" I was a writer. I just wasn't a very good one. I was lucky enough to have a playwriting teacher who told me that I'd be a better actor than I would a playwright. "

" When you're in a place like New York or D.C. you just can't beat it, and it's so hard to recreate because they are both such distinctive places. "

" My grandfather was raising me, and in many respects, I was trying to understand what it meant to be a man. He was my role model. "

" Everyone says villains are thankless parts, but those are really the best roles. "

" My publicist told me not to talk about politics but, yes, I think we have a president who stole the election. "

" You should never ask actors about politics. "

" I really never thought I was that good at film. And honestly still don't. My strength is language. My background is monologues and a certain kind of Brechtian spin on theater. "

" I think it's really, really important to mix it up as an actor, to try to get as much kind of varied experience as you can, not only for your own personal growth as an actor but for the audience to keep them guessing about what you're going to do. "

" Don't hit people; don't let it get you too angry; remember that everything you do can and will be used against you. And take a breath and have some perspective. "

" That's one of the benefits of working on big budget films. You work with people who have a lot of experience and you get to learn a lot. "

" I struggle with the idea of comparing people's work and art. The notion of giving awards or putting a competitive spin on something that is a relative art form is sort of odd to me. "

" You watch a hockey game, and the hand-eye coordination and the speed is really miraculous; how those guys track the puck alone, just following it with their eyes. "

" The funny thing is that I write and I act a lot about being Jewish, but I don't really think about it as a regular person. "

" Part of what I enjoy about the theatre and acting is that sense of history. "

" That's really how I got started was doing Shakespeare. When I got out of school, I was lucky enough to meet George Wolfe, who ran The Public Theater. "