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" The skill set for hockey is so specific to skating and if you haven't been skating as a kid it's impossible to play - and I wasn't a skater. "

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" I'm misrepresented as a scary person. I'm not. It's all about my size and my eyebrows. "

" I love having that creative discussion where, at the end of the day, you both feel better for having done it. Maybe it's a typically Jewish thing, where you sort of go at each other. "

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

" I'm drawn to people who share that sense of loss. All actors are trying to repair damaged relationships. I think that might be why I've been drawn to other actors. "

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

" 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. "

" Well, I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters. "

" 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. "

" I get very nervous around famous people and I get nervous around beautiful women. "

" Hamlet is a remarkably easy role. Physically it's hard because it tends to be about three hours long and you're talking the whole time. But it's a simple role and it adapts itself very well, because the thing about Hamlet is, we all are Hamlet. "

" You can think about your career or you can think about your job. I like to think about my job. "

" I really don't think there is anybody in the business with better eyes than Elijah Wood. "

" My style was always intuitive. I never used to believe in working on your body. Anything that smacked of vanity to me was bad for your acting, but I learned that wasn't true. "

" I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is. I was a little bit different. "

" You know, I have a deep, deep affinity for Dr. Seuss. "

" And you know, I hate to admit this, but I don't always think in terms of Shakespeare. When I eat, I do. When I'm at a restaurant, I'll think, 'Hmm, what would Macbeth have ordered?' "

" I find that the most interestingly written parts happen to be the bad guys. "

" I was always drawn to tough girls. I liked that domineering thing. "

" 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. "

" I did some research into what was going on in terms of the sexual revolution that was happening in the '60s in the gay community and particularly in the drag world. Before the '60s, guys doing drag would dress like their mothers or iconic Hollywood actresses. "

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

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

" I grew up in the Lower East Side of New York. "

" I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change. "

" I've got nothing against L.A. I think it is a really beautiful place. To be able to surf and get out in the Pacific Ocean every once in a while. The hiking, all of that is amazing. I love it there. "

" 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 have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys. "

" Film is such a bizarre vehicle for acting. It's such a bizarre experience. I don't think you ever really get familiar with it. If you do get familiar with it, you're probably not that good anymore. "

" A lot of times in Hollywood you're as good as your last job. "

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